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Primary aberrant third nerve regeneration
Author(s) -
Boghen Dan,
Chartrand JeanPierre,
Laflamme Pierre,
Kirkham Trevor,
Hardy Jules,
Aube Marc
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410060507
Subject(s) - medicine , oculomotor nerve , cavernous sinus , pathological , meningioma , regeneration (biology) , lesion , palsy , anatomy , surgery , pathology , biology , alternative medicine , microbiology and biotechnology
The clinical and neuroradiological features in 4 patients with the syndrome of aberrant regeneration of the third nerve are presented. In contrast to what is commonly seen, the syndrome was not preceded by third nerve palsy. A petrous apex‐cavernous sinus meningioma was the underlying lesion in all 4 patients. Surgical and pathological confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained in 3. Regardless of whether the other ocular motor nerves are spared (as in our patients) or involved (as in other cases reported in the literature), primary aberrant regeneration of the oculomotor nerve appears to be characteristic of a cavernous sinus meningioma.