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Bilateral traumatic abducens nerve avulsion: A case series and literature review. 2017

Krishnan Ravindran, and Bruno Lorensini, and Frank Gaillard, and Sarah Kalus

Department of Radiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: ravindrank@student.unimelb.edu.au.

Although abducens nerve palsy is an established sequela of head trauma - given the prolonged intracranial course of the nerve - bilateral injury is rare. Here, we present two cases of bilateral traumatic abducens nerve avulsion, in the absence of regional fractures, one of which presented two months following the initial trauma. Additionally, we review the current literature on bilateral abducens nerve palsy secondary to trauma, discussing the anatomy of the nerve's course and potential mechanisms of injury.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000369	Aged, 80 and over	Persons 80 years of age and older.	Oldest Old
D020222	Abducens Nerve Injury	Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.	Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic,Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic,Abducens Nerve Trauma,Cranial Nerve VI Injury,Injury, Cranial Nerve VI,Injury, Sixth Cranial Nerve,Sixth Cranial Nerve Injuries,Sixth Cranial Nerve Injury,Sixth-Nerve Trauma,Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsy,Abducens Nerve Injuries,Abducens Nerve Traumas,Abducens Neuropathies, Traumatic,Injuries, Abducens Nerve,Injury, Abducens Nerve,Nerve Injuries, Abducens,Nerve Injury, Abducens,Nerve Trauma, Abducens,Nerve Traumas, Abducens,Sixth Nerve Palsy, Traumatic,Sixth Nerve Trauma,Sixth-Nerve Palsies, Traumatic,Sixth-Nerve Traumas,Trauma, Abducens Nerve,Trauma, Sixth-Nerve,Traumas, Abducens Nerve,Traumas, Sixth-Nerve,Traumatic Abducens Neuropathies,Traumatic Abducens Neuropathy,Traumatic Sixth Nerve Palsy,Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsies