Abducens nerve palsy and Horner syndrome due to metastatic tumor in the cavernous sinus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 644-646

  Tsuda, Hiromasa ^a   Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Asayama, Keiko ^a   Saito, Tsutomu ^a   Endo, Sohei ^a   Mizutani, Tomohiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Cavernous sinus; Horner syndrome; Metastasis; Parotid carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOCETAXEL; GADOLINIUM;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIPLOPIA; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTIDECTOMY; RADIOSURGERY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADULT; CARCINOMA; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, VASCULAR TISSUE; PAROTID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 21644440775     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.644     Document Type: Article

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