Third-nerve palsy due to penetrating trauma

Neurology. 1993 Aug;43(8):1523-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.8.1523.

Abstract

Penetrating trauma is an unusual etiology of third-nerve palsy. Of 815 hospitalized patients with third-nerve palsies, 20 had such an etiology, with gunshot wounds being the usual cause.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / pathology
  • Wounds, Penetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Penetrating / pathology