Publikation

Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy related to sinusitis?

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 05.09.2007

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Sturm V, Kordic H, Leiba H, Landau K. Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy related to sinusitis?. Int Ophthalmol 2007; 28:303-5.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)
Zeitschrift
Int Ophthalmol 2007; 28
Veröffentlichungsdatum
05.09.2007
ISSN (Druck)
0165-5701
Seiten
303-5
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

The association of sinusitis with ocular motility disorders is a seductive theory due to their close anatomical vicinity. Typically, sinusitis can influence ocular motility by affecting single muscles or a combination of muscles and/or cranial nerves due to a local inflammatory tissue reaction. Although rare, sinusitis has been suggested at least as a cause for superior-branch oculomotor palsy. We report a case of progressive, isolated, third-cranial-nerve palsy caused by an aneurysm of the posterior-communicating artery that initially was thought to be related to pansinusitis.