Oculomotor palsy and supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysms: Personal experience and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 107-110

  Platania, N ^a,b   Cutuli, V ^a   Nicoletti, G ^a   Fagone, S ^a   Albanese, V ^a   Marini, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Oculomotor nerve; Paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLIP; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 0037878073     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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