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Abducens Nerve Diseases

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Diseases of the sixth cranial (abducens) nerve or its nucleus in the pons. The nerve may be injured along its course in the pons, intracranially as it travels along the base of the brain, in the cavernous sinus, or at the level of superior orbital fissure or orbit. Dysfunction of the nerve causes lateral rectus muscle weakness, resulting in horizontal diplopia that is maximal when the affected eye is abducted and ESOTROPIA. Common conditions associated with nerve injury include INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ISCHEMIA; and INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 103 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.20866, 1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20866
Scope and Contents

Notes, autopsy report, typed case summary, report and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 26 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; diabetes; brain stem haemorrhage; and bilateral sixth nerve palsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20901, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20901
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes and reports relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 20 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: post-traumatic hydrocephalus; headache; sixth nerve paresis; and papilloedema. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20987, 1959-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20987
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, charts and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 3 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; nose bleeding; severe shock; and right sixth nerve palsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1962