Biomaterial Database

Third nerve palsies. 2007

Beau B Bruce, and Valérie Biousse, and Nancy J Newman

Department of Ophthalmology Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

The diagnosis and management of third nerve dysfunction vary according to the age of the patient, the characteristics of the third nerve palsy, and the presence of associated symptoms and signs. Third nerve palsies can result from lesions located anywhere from the oculomotor nucleus to the termination of the third nerve in the extraocular muscles within the orbit, and may be the herald manifestation of underlying neurological emergencies such as intracranial aneurysm, pituitary apoplexy, and giant cell arteritis. Recent advances in noninvasive neuroimaging facilitate early diagnosis, but the management of a patient presenting with isolated third nerve palsy remains a challenge.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009802	Oculomotor Nerve	The 3d cranial nerve. The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation. The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.	Cranial Nerve III,Third Cranial Nerve,Nerve III,Nervus Oculomotorius,Cranial Nerve IIIs,Cranial Nerve, Third,Cranial Nerves, Third,Nerve IIIs,Nerve, Oculomotor,Nerve, Third Cranial,Nerves, Oculomotor,Nerves, Third Cranial,Oculomotor Nerves,Oculomotorius, Nervus,Third Cranial Nerves
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015840	Oculomotor Nerve Diseases	Diseases of the oculomotor nerve or nucleus that result in weakness or paralysis of the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, or levator palpebrae muscles, or impaired parasympathetic innervation to the pupil. With a complete oculomotor palsy, the eyelid will be paralyzed, the eye will be in an abducted and inferior position, and the pupil will be markedly dilated. Commonly associated conditions include neoplasms, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, ischemia (especially in association with DIABETES MELLITUS), and aneurysmal compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p270)	Cranial Nerve III Diseases,Third-Nerve Palsy,Oculomotor Nerve Disorders,Oculomotor Nerve Palsy,Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis,Oculomotor Neuropathy,Partial Third-Nerve Palsy,Third Cranial Nerve Diseases,Third-Nerve Paralysis,Total Third-Nerve Palsy,Nerve Disease, Oculomotor,Nerve Disorder, Oculomotor,Nerve Palsy, Oculomotor,Nerve Paralysis, Oculomotor,Neuropathy, Oculomotor,Oculomotor Nerve Disease,Oculomotor Nerve Disorder,Oculomotor Nerve Palsies,Oculomotor Nerve Paralyses,Oculomotor Neuropathies,Palsy, Oculomotor Nerve,Palsy, Partial Third-Nerve,Palsy, Third-Nerve,Palsy, Total Third-Nerve,Paralysis, Oculomotor Nerve,Paralysis, Third-Nerve,Partial Third Nerve Palsy,Partial Third-Nerve Palsies,Third Nerve Palsy,Third Nerve Paralysis,Third-Nerve Palsies,Third-Nerve Palsies, Partial,Third-Nerve Palsy, Partial,Third-Nerve Palsy, Total,Third-Nerve Paralyses,Total Third Nerve Palsy,Total Third-Nerve Palsies