title: Isolated abducens nerve palsy after closed head injury in a child.
abstract: The authors present the rare case of a 5-year-old child with an isolated right abducens nerve palsy following a minor closed head injury. Occlusion of the left eye for 4 h daily was prescribed, and the child remained under close ophthalmological follow-up. Significant improvement was noticed in the following 6 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Asproudis
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vourda
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
authors.forename: Paraskevas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zafeiropoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Katsanos
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Ioannina, 45500 Ioannina, Epirus, Greece.
authors.forename: Meropi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tzoufi
keywords: Abducens palsy; cranial nerve palsy; head trauma