Abstract

POZO ALONSO, Albia Josefina; POZO LAUZAN, Desiderio Rafael; HERNANDEZ MEILAN, Manuel  and  SAYU STEWART, José Manuel. Cryptogenic palsy of the third cranial nerve. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2013, vol.85, n.2, pp. 252-257. ISSN 0034-7531.

Isolated third cranial nerve palsy is not frequent in children. Among the causes are congenital, traumatic, infectious, tumoral, vascular, toxic and demyelinizing. This is the case of a 3-years old patient diagnosed with acute painful ophthalmoplegia of the third cranial nerve, in which etiology could not be proved. The clinical picture disappeared spontaneously and no recurrence has emerged after 3 years of follow-up. It was concluded that when dealing with a patient with third cranial nerve palsy, it is necessary to make a thorough assessment to precise over the different causes.

Keywords : mononeuropathy of the third cranial nerve; painful ophthalmoplegia; cryptogenic palsy of the third cranial nerve; oculomotor palsy; palpebral ptosis.

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