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ArticleWorld journal of clinical cases2022

Microvascular decompression for a patient with oculomotor palsy caused by posterior cerebral artery compression: A case report and literature review.

Jian Zhang, Zheng-Jun Wei, Hang Wang, Yan-Bing Yu, Hong-Tao Sun

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Article in World journal of clinical cases, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jian ZhangTianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Institute of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroscience, Characteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300162, China.
Zheng-Jun WeiTianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Institute of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroscience, Characteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300162, China.
Hang WangTianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Institute of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroscience, Characteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300162, China.
Yan-Bing YuDepartment of Neurosurgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100069, China.
Hong-Tao SunTianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Institute of Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuroscience, Characteristic Medical Center of Chinese People's Armed Police Force, Tianjin 300162, China. 1019702546@qq.com.
Pingjin Hospital · CNChina-Japan Friendship Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundAneurysm compression, diabetes, and traumatic brain injury are well-known causative factors of oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP), while cases of ONP induced by neurovascular conflicts have rarely been reported in the medical community. Here, we report a typical case of ONP caused by right posterior cerebral artery (PCA) compression to increase neurosurgeons' awareness of the disease and reduce misdiagnosis and recurrence. CASE SUMMARY: A 54-year-old man without a known medical history presented with right ONP for the past 5 years. The patient presented to the hospital with right ptosis, diplopia, anisocoria (rt 5 mm, lt 2.5 mm), loss of duction in all directions, abduction, and light impaired pupillary reflexes. Magnetic resonance angiography and computed tomography venography examinations showed no phlebangioma, aneurysm, or intracranial lesion. After conducting oral glucose tolerance and prostigmin tests, diabetes and myasthenia gravis were excluded. Cranial nerve magnetic resonance imaging showed that the right PCA loop was in direct contact with the cisternal segment of the right oculomotor nerve (ON). Microvascular decompression (MVD) of the culprit vessel from the ON through a right subtemporal craniotomy was carried out, and the ONP symptoms were significantly relieved after 3 mo.

conclusionVascular compression of the ON is a rare pathogeny of ONP that may be refractory to drug therapy and ophthalmic strabismus surgery. MVD is an effective treatment for ONP induced by neurovascular compression.

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Case reportMagnetic resonance imagingMicrovascular decompressionNeurovascular conflictOculomotor nerveOculomotor nerve palsyPosterior cerebral artery

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