Abstract
Disturbances of the ocular motor system with is cardinal symptom of diplopia can have very different and also very serious causes. In any case the diagnosis has to be made with great responsibility. In Table 1 we see an analysis of 907 patients with ocular motor paralysis, which demonstrates the necessity of detailed investigation especially since the group of ‘unknown etiology’ is the largest one. Table 2 shows the incidence of ocular motor paralysis in tumors of the brain, which is quite high. We must also keep in mind that this symptom can very well be the first evidence of a space-taking intracranial process.
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Hoffmann, K. (1981). Ophthalmologic Diagnosis. In: Samii, M., Jannetta, P.J. (eds) The Cranial Nerves. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67980-3_27
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