PUPIL-INVOLVING 3RD PALSY AND CAROTID STENOSIS - RAPID RECOVERY FOLLOWING ENDARTERECTOMY

Authors
BALCER LJ GALETTA SL YOUSEM DM GOLDEN MA ASBURY AK
Citation
Lj. Balcer et al., PUPIL-INVOLVING 3RD PALSY AND CAROTID STENOSIS - RAPID RECOVERY FOLLOWING ENDARTERECTOMY, Annals of neurology, 41(2), 1997, pp. 273-276
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences
Journal title
Annals of neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03645134
Volume
41
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
273 - 276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0364-5134(1997)41:2<273:P3PACS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We report a patient who presented with a painful pupil-involving third -nerve palsy. Cerebral angiography revealed a high-grade stenosis of t he ipsilateral internal carotid artery with a 4-cm intraluminal thromb us. Following emergent carotid endarterectomy, the patient's partial t hird-nerve palsy resolved in 1 hour. A pupil-involving third-nerve pal sy may be an unusual presentation of impending carotid occlusion.