title: Early endovascular management of oculomotor nerve palsy associated with posterior communicating artery aneurysms.
abstract: Palsy of the third cranial nerve (oculomotor nerve, CNIII) is a well-known clinical presentation of posterior communicating artery (P-com) aneurysm. We report a series of 11 patients with partial or complete third nerve palsy secondary to P-com aneurysm. All were treated with endovascular embolization within seven days of symptom onset. Third nerve palsy symptoms resolved in 7/11 (64%), improved in 2/11 (18%) and did not change in 2/11 (18%) patients.
authors.affiliation: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santillan
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Zink
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knopman
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Riina
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Gobin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome