title: Isolated III cranial nerve palsy: a surprising presentation of an acute on chronic subdural haematoma.
abstract: Many aetiologies have been associated with isolated oculomotor nerve palsies. They are ischaemic microangiopathy, posterior communicating artery aneurysm, uncal herniation, neoplasia, traumatic and inflammatory conditions. We report the case of a patient who presented with left oculomotor cranial nerve palsy with an associated large volume left acute on chronic subdural haematoma. Coincidentally, this woman was also found to have a recent history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. fahmi_mel@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Muhammad Fahmi Abdul
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Jalil
authors.forename: Jin Wee
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Tee
authors.forename: Tiew
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology