title: Isolated Pathetick nerve paresis by compression from a dolichoectatic basilar artery: case report.
abstract: The article describes a woman with 53 year-old that has presented diplopia when looking down and adopted a tilted head position in order to read for the last six months. The neuro-ophthalmic examination shows isolated right superior oblique muscle paresis. The magnetic resonance and the angioresonance show the dolicoectatic basilar artery compressing the right ventral lateral brainstem.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute of Rio de Janeiro, and Service of Neurology, Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida 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: Antonio Aversa Dutra do
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Souto
authors.forename: Jânio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*