MIDDLE-EAR INFECTION AND 6TH NERVE PALSY

Authors
HOMER JJ JOHNSON IJM JONES NS
Citation
Jj. Homer et al., MIDDLE-EAR INFECTION AND 6TH NERVE PALSY, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 110(9), 1996, pp. 872-874
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
110
Issue
9
Year of publication
1996
Pages
872 - 874
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1996)110:9<872:MIA6NP>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Three cases of patients with acute middle ear infections complicated b y a sixth nerve palsy are described. The possible causes of sixth nerv e palsy in such cases are discussed. We propose that where there is a sixth nerve palsy without petrositis and without raised intracranial p ressure, it can arise as a result of spreading phlebitis along the inf erior petrosal sinus from the lateral sinus.