Isolated bilateral abducens nerve palsy associated with traumatic prepontine hematoma.
We describe a 15-year-old boy who developed isolated bilateral abducens nerve palsies immediately following a motor vehicle accident and who was found to have a pre-pontine extra-axial hematoma. We review the literature on isolated bilateral traumatic abducens palsies and discuss the alternate mechanisms for this injury.
Schneck
Michael J
MJ
Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. mschneck@lumc.edu
Smith
Rebecca
R
Moster
Mark
M
D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020198:Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous