title: Metastasis to the unilateral oculomotor nucleus complex: case report.
abstract: This article describes a 76 year old man that, after lung cancer surgery, showed left extrinsic oculomotor paralysis and contralateral paralysis of the superior rectus muscle associated with bilateral ptosis. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed a rare situation characterized by an isolated metastasis in the region of the left third cranial nerve nucleus, probably compromising the superior rectus subnucleus and the central caudal nucleus, therefore justifying the bilateral oculomotor involvement.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute of Rio de Janeiro, Av. Canal de Marapendi 1680/1802, 22631-050 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil pmaranhaofilho@gmail.com
authors.forename: Péricles
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maranhão-Filho
authors.forename: Maria Elisa Paiva
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pires
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery