title: Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy in patients with mild head injury.
abstract: Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy following head injury is uncommon. It can only be diagnosed with confidence if it is known to have developed immediately following trauma and if adequate investigations exclude secondary causes. The recovery is only partial and this has repercussion on patients' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tajsic
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Angelos G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Kolias
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Tilak
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scoffings
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Brinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Muthusamy
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Garnett
authors.affiliation: a Division of Neurosurgery , Addenbrooke's Hospital & University of Cambridge , Cambridge , UK.
authors.forename: Peter J A
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012025:Reflex, Pupillary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Cranial nerves; head trauma; magnetic resonance imaging; third nerve palsy