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ArticleCureus2023

Right Trochlear Nerve Palsy as an Uncommon Manifestation of Arachnoid Cyst.

Ruknesvary Subramaniam, Wan Hazabbah Wan Hitam, Khairy Shamel Sonny Teo, Chandran Nadarajan

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Article in Cureus, 2023. 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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Ruknesvary SubramaniamDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.
Wan Hazabbah Wan HitamDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.
Khairy Shamel Sonny TeoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.
Chandran NadarajanDepartment of Radiology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, MYS.

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Abstract

The majority of arachnoid cysts are congenital intracranial lesions that develop in the early embryonic stages as a result of a slight irregularity in the cerebrospinal fluid's (CSF) passage through the embryonic mesenchyme. Most of the time, these cysts are asymptomatic all throughout life. Diplopia caused by an arachnoid cyst is extremely rare. We present a rare event of isolated fourth nerve palsy in a 56-year-old woman brought on by an intracranial arachnoid cyst. Her only presenting symptom was vertical diplopia for one week. She denied any history of trauma. Ocular motility revealed limitation of abduction in her right eye. We proceeded with neuroimaging and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the presence of a well-circumscribed left retro-cerebellar lesion which follows the CSF signal intensity in all sequences causing compression onto the posterior aspect of the left cerebellum, keeping with the diagnosis of an arachnoid cyst. This uncommon pathology tends to be difficult to diagnose and treat.

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4th cranial nerve palsyarachnoid cystdiplopiaintraneural cystsuperior oblique muscle palsy

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PMID36779122
PMCPMC9909362

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