Arachnoid cyst causing third cranial nerve palsy manifesting as isolated internal ophthalmoplegia and iris cholinergic supersensitivity

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-197

  Ashker, Lamees ^a   Weinstein, Joel M ^a   Dias, Mark ^a   Kanev, Paul ^b   Nguyen, Dan ^a   Bonsall, Dean J ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC AGENT;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOCORIA; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CILIARY GANGLION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MIOSIS; MYDRIASIS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POSTGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; SUPERSENSITIVITY; AGE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; INJURY; INNERVATION; IRIS; METABOLISM; NEUROSURGERY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGE FACTORS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; MYDRIASIS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASES; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARASYMPATHETIC FIBERS, POSTGANGLIONIC; PILOCARPINE; PUPIL DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149378682     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e318183c57c     Document Type: Article

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