Isolated pathetick nerve paresis by compression from a dolichoectatic basilar artery: case report



Document title: Isolated pathetick nerve paresis by compression from a dolichoectatic basilar artery: case report
Journal: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000331893
ISSN: 0004-282X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Nacional de Cancer, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Year:
Season: Mar
Volumen: 65
Number: 1
Pages: 176-178
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The article describes a woman with 53 year-old that has presented diplopia when looking down and adopted a tilted head position in order to read for the last six months. The neuro-ophthalmic examination shows isolated right superior oblique muscle paresis. The magnetic resonance and the angioresonance show the dolicoectatic basilar artery compressing the right ventral lateral brainstem
Portuguese abstract O artigo descreve uma mulher de 53 anos que há seis meses apresenta diplopia ao olhar para baixo, além de adotar postura inclinada da cabeça para ler. O exame neuro-oftalmológico revelou paresia isolada do músculo oblíquo superior direito. Os exames de ressonância magnética e angioressonância evidenciaram dolicoectasia da artéria basilar, que comprimia a face ventral lateral direita do tronco cerebral
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Neurología,
Oftalmología,
Sistema cardiovascular,
Nervio troclear,
Dolicoectasia,
Arteria basilar,
Oftalmoplejía,
Compresión
Keyword: Medicine,
Cardiovascular system,
Neurology,
Ophthalmology,
Vascular system,
Trochlear nerve,
Dolichoectasy,
Basilar artery,
Ophtalmoplegy,
Compression
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