Isolated bilateral sixth nerve palsy secondary to metastatic carcinoma: A case report with a review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Kocak, Zafer ^a   Celik, Yahya ^a   Uzal, M Cem ^a   Uygun, Kazim ^a   Kaya, Meryem ^a   Albayram, Sait ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abducens palsy; Bilateral; Isolated; Lung cancer; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AUTOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SKULL BASE; SYMPTOM; X RAY ANALYSIS; ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LUNG TUMOR; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ACUTE DISEASE; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344120261     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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