Title: Levator-Sparing Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Caused by a Solitary Midbrain Metastasis
Abstract: One month before death, a 63-year-old man with known lung carcinoma manifested a left third-nerve palsy and crossed ataxia. The oculomotor involvement began with a dilated left pupil and progressed to a complete left oculomotor nerve palsy, with the exception of nearly normal lid function. Pathologic examination revealed a solitary midbrain metastasis involving the left third-nerve nucleus and rootlets, with the exception of the caudal central oculomotor subnucleus and its outflow fibers.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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