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Painful sixth cranial nerve palsy caused by a malignant trigeminal nerve sheath tumor.
- Source :
-
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society [J Neuroophthalmol] 2007 Mar; Vol. 27 (1), pp. 29-31. - Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- A 17-year-old woman developed a sixth cranial nerve palsy from a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the trigeminal nerve. This case is unusual in that the principal symptom was diplopia stemming from a sixth cranial nerve palsy. Pain was mild, and trigeminal function was preserved. Imaging evidence of rapid growth of the cavernous sinus mass gave rise to an initial impression that the cause might be inflammatory. Treatment with gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery produced some improvement in sixth cranial nerve function and reduction in tumor size over a follow-up period of 9 months.
- Subjects :
- Abducens Nerve Diseases diagnosis
Adolescent
Biopsy
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms diagnosis
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms surgery
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pain diagnosis
Radiosurgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases diagnosis
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases surgery
Abducens Nerve Diseases etiology
Cranial Nerve Neoplasms complications
Pain etiology
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1070-8022
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17414869
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0b013e31803311df