1. Neuro-ophthalmological complications of enlargement of the third ventricle
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Robert H. Osher, Peter J. Savino, James J. Corbett, Linda S. Orr, and Norman J. Schatz
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Adult ,Male ,Visual sensory ,Adolescent ,Eye Diseases ,genetic structures ,Exophthalmos ,Vision Disorders ,Cerebral Ventricles ,Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience ,Optic Nerve Diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,Child ,Brain Diseases ,Ophthalmoplegia ,Third ventricle ,business.industry ,Sylvian aqueduct syndrome ,Cerebral Aqueduct ,Syndrome ,Anatomy ,eye diseases ,Sensory Systems ,Ophthalmology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Partial Third-Nerve Palsy ,Cerebral aqueduct ,Cerebral ventricle ,Optic nerve ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
A wide variety of visual sensory and ocular motor problems may occur as a direct result of enlargement of the third ventricle. Four patients are described with optic nerve dysfunction, partial third nerve palsy, proptosis, and Sylvian aqueduct syndrome all resulting from an enlarged third ventricle. The pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed.
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- 1978
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