title: Clinical outcome of mild head injury with isolated oculomotor nerve palsy.
abstract: Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy after mild head injury is rare. Only a few case reports have described the clinical presentation of these patients, and clinical and functional outcome have not been discussed in depth. The outcome of 10 patients with mild head injury in whom imaging studies ruled out other possible causes of oculomotor palsy was assessed during follow-up using the Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended (GOSE). We suggest that limited eye movement is a major factor that negatively affects functional status after mild head injury.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-lin, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Lu-Ting
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Abel Po-Hao
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chi-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shao-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yong-Kwang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Sheng-Jean
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D023261:Glasgow Outcome Scale; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011680:Pupil / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult