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17669588

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-20
pubmed:abstractText
Here we present the case of a 53-year old man with progressive double vision due to isolated left trochlear nerve palsy. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a small tumor within the left quadrigeminal cistern that did not increase in size after several months. Explorative neurosurgical intervention revealed a left trochlear nerve cavernoma. The lesion was microsurgically excised followed by end-to-end anastomosis of the trochlear nerve. After a one-year follow up, double vision totally disappeared and cranial MRI showed no recurrence. Cerebral cavernous malformations usually become symptomatic in seizures or focal neurological deficits after intracerebral hemorrhage. Rarely, cavernomas arise from cranial nerves. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report on a symptomatic cavernous malformation arising from the trochlear nerve and on its successful surgical management.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0303-8467
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
791-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Cavernoma of the trochlear nerve.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Marburg, Germany. Sueruecu@med.uni-marburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports