Sphenoid sinus mucocele presenting as a third cranial nerve palsy.
A 90-year-old woman developed an acute left third cranial nerve palsy. Brain imaging revealed a left sphenoid sinus mucocele. Endoscopic marsupialization of the mucocele led to complete resolution of the third cranial nerve palsy.
Vaphiades
Michael S
MS
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. vaph@uab.edu
Roberson
Glenn H
GH
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009078:Mucocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010254:Paranasal Sinus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed