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:
PR4.2478, 1937-1940
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2478
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, report and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 69 at first examination in 1937. Conditions mentioned include: vascular lesion in brain stem; strabismus; sixth nerve paresis; and arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1937-1940
PR4.2598, 1933
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/22/PR4.2598
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and notes relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 68 at first examination in 1933. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma colon; metastases in gasserian ganglion; trigeminal paraesthesiae; and sixth nerve palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1933
PR2.10101, 1951-1963
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10101
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, notes, reports, autopsy report and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 46 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: increase intracranial pressure; headache; bilateral papilloedema; right abducens palsy; paresis; hypoglossal palsy; fulminating bronchopneumonia; chordoma; blurred vision; blindness; ptosis; obesity; haemorrhage; vomiting; venous sinus thrombosis; arterial hypertension; and carcinoma of the rectum....
Dates:
1951-1963
PR2.10230, 1951-1956
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10230
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 6 at first examination in 1951. Conditions mentioned include: slow development; 6th nerve paresis; squint; birth trauma; and cerebral palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1951-1956
PR2.10929, 1952
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10929
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, charts, report, note and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: epileptic attacks; 6th nerve paralysis; and deafness. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1952
PR2.10944, 1952
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.10944
Scope and Contents
Notes, charts, reports and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: dysarthria; ptosis; 5th and 6th nerve palsy; failing memory; and melanoma. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1952
PR2.11089, 1952
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11089
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: trigeminal neuralgia; jaw pain; 6th nerve palsy; and Horner syndrome. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1952
PR2.11264, 1952-1970
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11264
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, x-ray film, drawing, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 15 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: headache; subarachnoid haemorrhage; aneurysm; thrombosis; homonymous field defect; paralysis of left limb; third nerve palsy; and sixth nerve palsy. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1952-1970
PR2.11391, 1952
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11391
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, chart, reports and correspondence relating to male patient fromScotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: malignant glioma; intracranial pressure; papilloedema; dysphasia; confusion; cerebral tumour; hemiparesis; sixth nerve palsy; hemianopia; and bronchopneumonia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.
Dates:
1952
PR2.11445, 1952
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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.11446
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 10 at first examination in 1952. Conditions mentioned include: mental defective; epilepsy; sixth nerve paresis; and diffuse cerebral disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1952