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Published on: February 2, 2015
Traumatic avulsion of the oculomotor nerve documented by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging
Lauren C Ditta1, Asim F Choudhri2, Ari M Blitz3
1Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Hamilton Eye Institute, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis.
Abstract:
Autopsy studies have described definitive traumatic avulsion of the oculomotor nerve from the brainstem; however, detailed characterization of mechanisms and localization of traumatic nerve injury has yet to be definitively described in vivo. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl in whom high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging confirmed irreversible injury to the left oculomotor nerve after trauma.
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