Oculomotor palsy from an unruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysm presenting with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and enhancement of the third cranial nerve: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 352-353

  Kraus, Robert R ^a   Kattah, Jorge ^a   Bortolotti, Carlo ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis; Intracranial aneurysm; Magnetic resonance imaging; Oculomotor nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3242814520     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.2.0352     Document Type: Article

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