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Review
. 2025 Mar 27;6(3):100111.
doi: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100111. eCollection 2025 Jun.

Man With "Down-and-Out" Eye

Madison C Williams Chen  1 , Peter S Anthony  2 , Charles A Khoury  1
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Review

Man With "Down-and-Out" Eye

Madison C Williams Chen et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cranial nerve palsy; headache; intracranial aneurysm; oculomotor muscles; oculomotor nerve; ophthalmology; ptosis.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Computed tomography in axial plane demonstrating a right posterior communicating artery aneurysm (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Computed tomography in sagittal plane demonstrating a right posterior communicating artery aneurysm (arrow), measuring 8.1 mm × 4.7 mm.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Computed tomography in coronal plane demonstrating a right posterior communicating artery aneurysm (arrow).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Three-dimensional reconstruction of cerebral vasculature with evidence of an aneurysm (arrow).
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