Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Delayed and isolated abducens nerve palsy following minor head injury

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Neurological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Merino P, Gomez de Liano P, Villalobo JM, Franco G, Gomez de Liano R (2010) Etiology and treatment of pediatric sixth nerve palsy. J AAPOS 14:502–505

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Arias MJ (1985) Bilateral traumatic abducens nerve palsy without skull fracture and with cervical spine fracture: case report and review of the literature. Neurosurgery 16:232–234

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Ravindran K, Lorensini B, Gaillard F, Kalus S (2017) Bilateral traumatic abducens nerve avulsion: a case series and literature review. J Clin Neurosci 44:30–33

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Sam B, Ozveren MF, Akdemir I, Topsakal C, Cobanoglu B, Baydar CL, Ulukan O (2004) The mechanism of injury of the abducens nerve in severe head trauma: a postmortem study. Forensic Sci Int 140:25–32

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Yanamadala V, Walcott BP, Nahed BV, Coumans JV (2012) Delayed post-traumatic bilateral abducens nerve palsy with complete recovery. J Clin Neurosci 19:585–586

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Kurosu A, Amano K, Kubo O, Himuro H, Nagao T, Kobayashi N, Iwata T, Matsumoto K (1990) Clivus epidural hematoma. Case report. J Neurosurg 72:660–662

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Salunke P, Savardekar A, Sura S (2012) Delayed-onset bilateral abducens paresis after head trauma. Indian J Ophthalmol 60:149–150

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  8. Kim MS, Cho MS, Kim SH (2008) Delayed bilateral abducens nerve palsy after head trauma. J Korean Neurosurg Soc 44:396–398

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  9. Holmes JM, Droste PJ, Beck RW (1998) The natural history of acute traumatic sixth nerve palsy or paresis. J AAPOS 2:265–268

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Holmes JM, Beck RW, Kip KE, Droste PJ, Leske DA (2001) Predictors of nonrecovery in acute traumatic sixth nerve palsy and paresis. Ophthalmology 108:1457–1460

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, South Korea

    Jae Yeon Lee & Yung Ju Yoo

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Kangwon National University Hospital, #156, Baengnyeong-ro, Chuncheon, 24289, South Korea

    Yung Ju Yoo

Authors
  1. Jae Yeon Lee
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Yung Ju Yoo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yung Ju Yoo.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

None.

Ethical approval

None.

Disclaimer

The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

Additional information

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lee, J.Y., Yoo, Y.J. Delayed and isolated abducens nerve palsy following minor head injury. Neurol Sci 41, 1951–1953 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04260-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-020-04260-5

Search

Navigation