A Case of Traumatic Bilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy Associated with Skull Base Fracture
Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology
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: 66-69, 2008.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Traumatic bilateral abducens nerve palsy is rare and is associated with intracranial, skull and cervical spine injuries. We report a case of bilateral abducens nerve palsy in a 40-month-old patient with a skull base fracture. The injury mechanism was associated with direct nerve injury caused by a right petrous bone fracture and indirect injury by frontal impact on the abducens nerve at the point of fixation to the petrous portion and Dorello`s canal. The emergency physician should be aware of injuries and the mechanism of abducens nerve palsy in head trauma.
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Main subject:
Abducens Nerve
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Petrous Bone
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Skull
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Spine
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Child, Preschool
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Skull Base
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Abducens Nerve Diseases
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Emergencies
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Craniocerebral Trauma
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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