Isolated sixth-nerve palsies in younger adults.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-1984
Abstract
Acquired sixth-nerve palsies are relatively rare in younger adults. We reexamined 49 patients, aged from 15 to 50 years, with isolated sixth-nerve palsies who were seen between 1972 and 1982 at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. In this group, the following etiologies were encountered: vasculopathy (14 patients [29%]), tumors (eight patients [16%]), multiple sclerosis (six patients [12%]), presumed inflammation (four patients [8%]), trauma (three patients [6%]), postlumbar puncture (two patients [4%]), and orbital amyloidosis (one patient [2%]). Eleven patients (22%) had no determined cause of their sixth-nerve palsy. The implications for the clinical management of isolated sixth-nerve palsies in younger adults are discussed.
Volume
102
Issue
9
First Page
1328
Last Page
1330
ISSN
0003-9950
Published In/Presented At
Moster, M. L., Savino, P. J., Sergott, R. C., Bosley, T. M., & Schatz, N. J. (1984). Isolated sixth-nerve palsies in younger adults. Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960), 102(9), 1328–1330. https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1984.01040031078029
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
6477251
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article