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Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy related to sinusitis?

Sturm, Veit ; Kordic, Helena ; Leiba, Hana ; Landau, Klara

In: International Ophthalmology, 2008, vol. 28, no. 4, p. 303-305

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    Title
    • Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy related to sinusitis?
    Author
    • Sturm, Veit. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Kordic, Helena. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Leiba, Hana. Department of Ophthalmology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
    • Landau, Klara. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 24, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:317428
    Summary
    The association of sinusitis with ocular motility disorders is a seductive theory due to their close anatomical vicinity. Typically, sinusitis can influence ocular motility by affecting single muscles or a combination of muscles and/or cranial nerves due to a local inflammatory tissue reaction. Although rare, sinusitis has been suggested at least as a cause for superior-branch oculomotor palsy. We report a case of progressive, isolated, third-cranial-nerve palsy caused by an aneurysm of the posterior-communicating artery that initially was thought to be related to pansinusitis