Abducens neuromyotonia as the presenting sign of an intracranial tumor

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-37

  Salchow, Daniel J ^b   Wermund, Thomas K ^a  

^a HELIOS KLINIKEN SCHWERIN   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASE; ABDUCENS NEUROMYOTONIA; ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COLOR VISION; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GAZE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOKYMIA; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PONS; PREPONTINE CISTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIGHT LATERAL RECTUS EYE MUSCLE; SKIN TINGLING; SMOKING; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TROCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISAACS SYNDROME; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952185427     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e3181f33bc2     Document Type: Article

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