title: A case of bilateral simultaneous sixth cranial nerve palsies secondary to diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Ocular motor cranial nerve palsy secondary to diabetes mellitus usually affects one cranial nerve at a time. We report a patient with simultaneous bilateral sixth nerve palsies attributed to diabetes. Although an extremely rare cause of this phenomenon, diabetes may be the explanation after other causes have been excluded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. oytun.batrak@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ayşe Oytun
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Bayrak
authors.forename: Hacer Erdem
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Tilki
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kasm
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male