Bilateral Oculomotor Nerve Palsies Due to Posterior Cerebral Arterial Compression Relieved by Microvascular Decompression—Case Report—

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 45-48

  Hidemitsu, Nakagawa ^a   Shin, Nakajima ^a   Yoshikazu, Nakajima ^a   Yoshihiro, Furuta ^a   Okihiro, Nishi ^b   Kayo, Nishi ^b  

^a CENTER FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Nishi Eye Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

microvascular decompression; oculomotor nerve palsy; posterior cerebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SURGERY;

CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0025897422     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.31.45     Document Type: Article

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