A 68-year-old man was diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis after presenting with double-vision and photophobia. Myasthenia gravis (MG) often begins with ocular symptoms, and sometimes those ...

Background: Paralysis of abducens nerve is a very rare complication of lumbar puncture, which is a common procedure most often used for diagnostic and anesthetic purposes. Case Report: A 38-year-old ...

The abducens nerve is also known as the abducent or sixth cranial nerve (CN6). It controls the eye’s lateral rectus muscle, which moves the eye sideways, away from the nose. Where the pons (a band of ...

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Preeclampsia-related neurological disorders are well established but have a broad spectrum of manifestations, from just headache to major events. Nevertheless, disorders of cranial nerves are rare in ...

A 73-year-old woman presented with diplopia after a fall onto the left side of her face. She had not lost consciousness.

Anthony T. Rose, M.D. Director of anesthesia, Mt. Sinai Hospital. Samuel Pritzker, M.D. Chief resident, Anesthesia Department, Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Abducens palsy following spinal anesthesia is a rare and reversible complication. Spinal anesthesia is still a feasible choice for both the orthopaedic surgeon and the patient. But to decrease the ...