A case of bilateral simultaneous sixth cranial nerve palsies secondary to diabetes mellitus.
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.
Bayrak
Ayşe Oytun
AO
Department of Neurology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. oytun.batrak@gmail.com
Tilki
Hacer Erdem
HE
Kasm
Dilek
D
D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male