A Case of Bilateral Simultaneous Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsies Secondary to Diabetes Mellitus

Ocular motor cranial nerve palsy secondary to diabetes mellitus usually affects one cranial nerve at a time. We report a patient with simultaneous bilateral sixth nerve palsies attributed to diabetes. Although an extremely rare cause of this phenomenon, diabetes may be the explanation after other ca...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neuro-ophthalmology 2006-09, Vol.26 (3), p.177-179
Hauptverfasser:	Bayrak, Ayşe Oytun, Tilki, Hacer Erdem, Kasm, Dilek
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abducens Nerve Diseases - etiology Abducens Nerve Diseases - pathology Aged Biological and medical sciences Diabetes Complications - complications Diabetes Complications - pathology Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Functional Laterality Humans Male Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Nervous system as a whole Neurology Ophthalmology Retinopathies
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Zusammenfassung:	Ocular motor cranial nerve palsy secondary to diabetes mellitus usually affects one cranial nerve at a time. We report a patient with simultaneous bilateral sixth nerve palsies attributed to diabetes. Although an extremely rare cause of this phenomenon, diabetes may be the explanation after other causes have been excluded.
ISSN:	1070-8022 1536-5166
DOI:	10.1097/01.wno.0000235563.50518.d5