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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:

PR2.16712, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16712
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and typed case summary relating to female from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 33 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: headache; double vision; and 6th nerve palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16738, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16738
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 17 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: paresis; 6th nerve palsy; and closed head injury. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.16758, 1956-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16758
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, charts, drawings and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 29 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; cerebro-spinal fluid rhinorrhoea; and 6th nerve palsy. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1960

PR2.16868, 1956-1982

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16868
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 40 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: skull fracture; head injury; and 6th cranial nerve palsy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1982

PR2.16876, 1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.16876
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, correspondence and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 40 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: carcinoma; 6th nerve palsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956

PR2.17218, 1956-1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17218
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 47 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hypertension; 6th nerve palsy; and double vision. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956-1957

PR2.17531, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17531
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 17 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: sinus thrombosis; 6th nerve palsy; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17894, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17894
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: 6th cranial nerve paralysis; and diplopia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957

PR2.17943, 1957-1958

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.17943
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 41 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: obducent nerve palsy; ptosis; and saccular aneurysm. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958

PR2.18078, 1957

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18078
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 0 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; and 6th nerve palsy. Surgical treatment and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957