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Dermoid of cavernous sinus resulting in isolated oculomotor nerve palsy
K N North1, J H Antony, I H Johnston
1Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Pediatric Neurology
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
Intracranial dermoid cysts and acquired oculomotor nerve palsies are individually rare in childhood. This report describes a 4-year-old boy with acute oculomotor nerve palsy and pupillary sparing secondary to a dermoid within the lateral wall of the cavernous sinus. The clinical signs resolved after complete surgical excision of the tumor with no evidence of recurrence on computed tomography 1 year later. This is the first case report in childhood of a dermoid within the cavernous sinus and of an isolated oculomotor nerve palsy due to a dermoid cyst.