Abstract
We describe two patients with intracranial aneurysms who presented with isolated sixth nerve palsy. A 68-year-old woman with gradual onset of horizontal lateral diplopia was found to have a giant aneurysm at the junction of the petrous and cavernous portion of the internal carotid artery. A 58-year-old man presented with gradual onset of occipital pain followed by a sixth nerve palsy. He was found to have a distal anterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysm which spontaneously thrombosed on subsequent neuroimaging studies. Although uncommon, isolated sixth nerve palsy can be the only neurological sign of an intracranial aneurysm.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 81-84 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Neuroradiology Journal |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2007 |
Keywords
- Cranial nerve palsy
- Intracranial aneurysms
- Sixth nerve palsy
- Spontaneous thrombosis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology