Abducens nerve palsy complicated by inferior petrosal sinus septic thrombosis due to mastoiditis.
We present a very rare case of a 29-month-old boy with acute onset right abducens nerve palsy complicated by inferior petrosal sinus septic thrombosis due to mastoiditis without petrous apicitis. Four months after mastoidectomy, the patient fully recovered from an esotropia of 30 prism diopters and an abduction limitation (-4) in his right eye.
Department of Ophthalmology, Maryknoll Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Jung Hyun
JH
Jang
Jung Min
JM
Park
Jaehwan
J
Kwon
Soo Jung
SJ
Lee
D020434:Abducens Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008417:Mastoiditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis