Pituitary Apoplexy Causing Compression of Third Cranial Nerve—Management
Lesions of the oculomotor nerve as the first sign of pituitary adenoma are rare. The cause of such lesions without other clinical symptoms is discussed in this study. A small cohort of 4 patients (3.1%) with oculomotor nerve palsy (third nerve palsy) as the only neurologic deficit, from 129 patients...
Main Author: | Václav Masopust |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2019-08-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1694849 |
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