title: Traumatic avulsion of the oculomotor nerve documented by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Autopsy studies have described definitive traumatic avulsion of the oculomotor nerve from the brainstem; however, detailed characterization of mechanisms and localization of traumatic nerve injury has yet to be definitively described in vivo. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl in whom high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging confirmed irreversible injury to the left oculomotor nerve after trauma.
authors.affiliation: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Electronic address: lditta@uthsc.edu.
authors.forename: Lauren C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Ditta
authors.affiliation: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis.
authors.forename: Asim F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Choudhri
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ari M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Blitz
authors.affiliation: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.affiliation: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Natalie C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D061220:Oculomotor Nerve Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology