Isolated Pathetick nerve paresis by compression from a dolichoectatic basilar artery: case report

The article describes a woman with 53 year-old that has presented diplopia when looking down and adopted a tilted head position in order to read for the last six months. The neuro-ophthalmic examination shows isolated right superior oblique muscle paresis. The magnetic resonance and the angioresonan...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria 2007-03, Vol.65 (1), p.176-178
Hauptverfasser:	Maranhão-Filho, Péricles, Souto, Antonio Aversa Dutra do, Nogueira, Jânio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Constriction, Pathologic - etiology Dilatation, Pathologic - complications Diplopia - diagnosis Diplopia - etiology Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Angiography Middle Aged NEUROSCIENCES Oculomotor Nerve Diseases - diagnosis Oculomotor Nerve Diseases - etiology PSYCHIATRY Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency - complications Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:	The article describes a woman with 53 year-old that has presented diplopia when looking down and adopted a tilted head position in order to read for the last six months. The neuro-ophthalmic examination shows isolated right superior oblique muscle paresis. The magnetic resonance and the angioresonance show the dolicoectatic basilar artery compressing the right ventral lateral brainstem.
ISSN:	0004-282X 1678-4227 0004-282X
DOI:	10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100038