OCULOMOTOR PALSY FROM MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - INITIAL SIGN OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM

Authors
WALTER KA NEWMAN NJ LESSELL S
Citation
Ka. Walter et al., OCULOMOTOR PALSY FROM MINOR HEAD TRAUMA - INITIAL SIGN OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM, Neurology, 44(1), 1994, pp. 148-150
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
148 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1994)44:1<148:OPFMHT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Minor head trauma precipitated oculomotor nerve palsies in two patient s who subsequently were discovered to have ipsilateral posterior commu nicating artery aneurysms. A history of minor trauma should not dissua de investigation for underlying causes of oculomotor nerve palsy, incl uding intracranial aneurysm.