Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Bilateral third nerve palsy secondary to a hemorrhagic stroke is exceptional. To the best of our knowledge, no similar case has been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 69-year-old Moroccan man who presented with isolated sudden bilateral third nerv...

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Autores principales: El Ouali, Ouarda, Messouak, Ouafae, Belahsen, Mohamed Faouzi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22800468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-197
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author El Ouali, Ouarda
Messouak, Ouafae
Belahsen, Mohamed Faouzi
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description INTRODUCTION: Bilateral third nerve palsy secondary to a hemorrhagic stroke is exceptional. To the best of our knowledge, no similar case has been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 69-year-old Moroccan man who presented with isolated sudden bilateral third nerve palsy. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain revealed a midbrain hematoma. The oculomotor function gradually and completely improved over eight months of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Stroke should be included in the differential diagnosis of sudden isolated oculomotor paralysis even when it is bilateral because of the severity of the underlying disease and the importance of its therapeutic implications.
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spelling pubmed-34596962012-09-28 Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report El Ouali, Ouarda Messouak, Ouafae Belahsen, Mohamed Faouzi J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Bilateral third nerve palsy secondary to a hemorrhagic stroke is exceptional. To the best of our knowledge, no similar case has been reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 69-year-old Moroccan man who presented with isolated sudden bilateral third nerve palsy. Computed tomography (CT) of the brain revealed a midbrain hematoma. The oculomotor function gradually and completely improved over eight months of follow-up. CONCLUSION: Stroke should be included in the differential diagnosis of sudden isolated oculomotor paralysis even when it is bilateral because of the severity of the underlying disease and the importance of its therapeutic implications. BioMed Central 2012-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3459696/ /pubmed/22800468 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-197 Text en Copyright ©2012 El Ouali et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title_full Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title_fullStr Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title_short Midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a Moroccan man: a case report
title_sort midbrain hematoma presenting with isolated bilateral palsy of the third cranial nerve in a moroccan man: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3459696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22800468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-197
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