title: Vasculopathic cranial ocular motor neuropathy following sudden emotional stress.
abstract: We describe three patients who experienced onset of a microvascular ocular motor nerve palsy in the setting of sudden emotional stress. Such emotional states are accompanied by a marked increase in sympathetic tone in some individuals. Mechanisms by which these autonomic changes might produce an ischemic cranial nerve palsy include intra-cranial vasoconstriction and transient systemic hypotension due to alterations in cardiac function.
authors.affiliation: Midwest Eye Institute Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Purvin