Lateral rectus metastasis from an occult systemic malignancy masquerading as abducens palsy: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Masoud, Mohammad T ^a   Rehman, Ajmal ^b   Shaikh, Yusuf ^c  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Stirling Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIPLOPIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL RECTUS METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45549109895     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-194     Document Type: Article

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