BACKGROUND Aberrant regeneration of the third cranial nerve is most commonly due to its damage by trauma. CASE A ten-month old child presented with the history of a fall from a four-storey building. She developed traumatic third nerve palsy and eventually the clinical features of aberrant regeneration of the third cranial nerve. The adduction of the eye improved over time. She was advised for...

Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders are a group of diseases caused by abnormal development of cranial nerve nuclei or their axonal connections, resulting in aberrant innervation of the ocular and facial musculature. Its diagnosis could be facilitated by the development of high resolution thin-section magnetic resonance imaging. The purpose of this review is to describe the method to vis...

We describe three patients who experienced onset of a microvascular ocular motor nerve palsy in the setting of sudden emotional stress. Such emotional states are accompanied by a marked increase in sympathetic tone in some individuals. Mechanisms by which these autonomic changes might produce an ischemic cranial nerve palsy include intra-cranial vasoconstriction and transient systemic hypotensi...

Objective: To report a case of pituitary apoplexy presenting with unilateral ptosis and third nerve palsy in diabetic hypertensive patient. Clinical Presentation Intervention: A 50 years old man developed palsy. macro adenoma hemorrhagic necrotic changes on MRI scan was resected by endoscopic transsphenoidal procedure. Third improved promptly completely few hours postoperatively. Conclusion: Th...

Clinical presentation of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is varied and often mimics many neurological disorders, making it a diagnostic challenge, and cranial nerve palsy in CVST is rare and its pathophysiology remains unclear. We report a case of a 19-year-old male with a history of whiplash injury, admitted with extensive CVST, developed right facial nerve palsy with extension of thro...

To cite: Naik VD, Shah JV. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2014-209122 DESCRIPTION We report a case of a 17-year-old girl who presented, 1 month after being attacked in a chain snatching incident, with neck trauma, and reports of dysarthria and left-sided facial weakness. The patient neglected initial symptoms of headache and left-sided neck pain,...

Background: Microvascular ocular cranial nerve palsy can result from diabetes and hypertension and may be increasing with the increase in the incidence of diabetes and hypertension in Nigeria. Objective: This study provides clinical considerations for the neuro-ophthalmic evaluation of diplopic patients with presumed microvascular ocular cranial nerve palsy. Method: A case report is presented o...

Diabetes mellitus commonly causes involvement of cranial nerves and third nerve being the most common, however recurrent and multiple cranial nerve involvement is rare. We present here a case of recurrent cranial nerve palsy and spontaneous recovery in a patient with diabetes mellitus.