Unilateral Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Following C/S as a Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia

Unilateral Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy Following C/S as a Complication of Spinal Anaesthesia.

Cranial nerve palsy (CNP) is a rare complication following lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure used most often for diagnostic and anaesthetic purposes. The sixth cranial (abducens) nerve is the most commonly affected cranial nerve. We report a case of unilateral sixth nerve palsy after spinal anaesthesia that improved immediately after an epidural blood patch (EBP).

Cranial nerve palsy following retrobulbar anaesthesia.

Nasal cause of sixth cranial nerve palsy.

Anatomically the cavernous sinus is closely related to the sphenoid sinus and the nasopharynx. Sphenoid sinusitis, as demonstrated in the case can affect the nerves which are contained within it. Apart from the sinus, a direct extension from a nasopharyngeal lesion is commonly encountered to cause diplopia, owing to the sixth nerve involvement. The provisional diagnosis should be a nasopharynge...

Capecitabine and sixth cranial nerve palsy.

Capecitabine is an oral chemotherapeutic agent converted to 5 fluorouracil (5-FU). Neurotoxicity associated with the medication encompasses both central and peripheral nervous systems. We describe a 60 year old man with colonic carcinoma who developed diplopia due to a sixth nerve palsy following the use of capecitabine which is an orally administered prodrug of 5-FU. An MRI of brain did not re...

[III cranial nerve palsy and brainstem disfunction following retrobulbar anaesthesia].

There are currently various techniques of locoregional anaesthesia used in cataract surgery. One such technique, described by Knapp in 1884, is retrobulbar anaesthesia, which is currently applied in certain cases of outpatient eye surgery. At present, the most commonly used technique in the treatment of cataract is phacoemulsification with laser. This is very useful in cases of soft cataract, w...