Abstract
Purpose: To describe a patient with unusual findings after regeneration of the oculomotor nerve. Methods: Case report. Results: A 35-year-old woman developed complete right third nerve paralysis after neurosurgical ligation of internal carotid-posterior communicating and internal carotid-ophthalmic artery aneurysms. Permanent ipsilateral lagophthalmos appeared as third nerve function spontaneously recovered. Conclusion: Lagophthalmos may rarely develop after aberrant regeneration of the oculomotor nerve, presumably caused by co-contraction of the levator and superior rectus muscles during the Bell's phenomenon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 50-51 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2000 |