title: Benign recurrent abducens (sixth) nerve palsy.
abstract: Benign recurrent abducens nerve palsy is rare. Twenty-three cases in children have been reported in the literature and many of these cases followed immunization or were associated with viral illness. Most of the reported patients share the following features: spontaneous recovery within 6 months, ipsilateral recurrence, and painless palsy. The authors describe a Turkish child with recurrent abducens nerve palsy with no obvious etiology.
authors.affiliation: Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara 06018, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Okutan
authors.forename: Suleyman Tolga
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.forename: Fatih Mehmet
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: Ridvan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Akin
mesh_terms: D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004948:Esotropia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012008:Recurrence; D012683:Sensory Deprivation