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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:

PR2.13640, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13640
Scope and Contents

Notes, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 58 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: numbness; 6th nerve palsy; and diplopia. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13661, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13661
Scope and Contents

Chart, report and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 51 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: dizziness; dysarthria; cerebral thrombosis; hemiparesis; homonymous field defect; 6th nerve paresis; and hypertension. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.13786, 1954-1955

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13786
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 51 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: nasopharyngeal anaplastic carcinoma; ptosis; face pain; ophthalmoplegia; 6th nerve palsy; and incomplete 3rd nerve palsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1955

PR2.13955, 1954-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13955
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: endotheliomatous meningioma; tinnitus; blindness; optic atrophy; 6th nerve paralysis; and epileptic attacks. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1962

PR2.13992, 1954-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13992
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographs, chart, report, note, court documents and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 52 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: compound depressed skull fracture; scalp lacerations; hemianopia; 6th nerve palsy; anosmia; personality change; amnesia; and visual damage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1956

PR2.13994, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.13994
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 78 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: gradual loss of vision; diplopia; and sixth nerve palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954

PR2.14127, 1954-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14127
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, report, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 12 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: headache; vomiting; increased intracranial pressure; 6th nerve paresis; arachnoid adhesions; nasal speech; papilloedema; and attack of unconsciousness. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1963

PR2.14177, 1954-1962

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14177
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, photographic film, note, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: meningioma; cerebral tumour; 6th nerve palsy; loss of vision; epilepsy; headache; papilloedema; and hypoaesthenia. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954-1962

PR2.14279, 1953-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14279
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 63 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: multiple intracranial aneurysms; headache; 6th nerve paresis; and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1953-1954

PR2.14304, 1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.14304
Scope and Contents

Notes, reports, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 30 at first examination in 1954. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; diplopia; and 6th nerve paresis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1954