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Case Reports
. 1983 Jul;40(7):448-9.
doi: 10.1001/archneur.1983.04050070078022.

Abducens nerve palsy due to spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery

C G Maitland, J L Black, W A Smith
Case Reports

Abducens nerve palsy due to spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery

C G Maitland et al. Arch Neurol. 1983 Jul.

Abstract

A patient had angiographic and computed tomographic features of a dissecting aneurysm of the extracranial internal carotid artery, with intracranial extension into the cavernous sinus. Isolated abducens nerve palsy resolved without treatment, within a two-month period.

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