Isolated Oculomotor Nerve Paresis in Anaplastic Astrocytoma With Exophytic Invasion

Kazuhiro TANAKA, Takashi SASAYAMA, Atsufumi KAWAMURA, Takeshi KONDOH, Naoki KANOMATA, Eiji KOHMURA
2006 Neurologia medico-chirurgica  
Fig. 1 Photographs of ocular positions (A) and Hess charts (B) showing the left oculomotor nerve paresis before the operation. Abstract A 30-year-old man presented with a supratentorial malignant glioma manifesting as isolated progressive left oculomotor nerve paresis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed an intra-axial tumor in the left temporal lobe, extending to the basal and prepontine cisterns, and compressing the brainstem. The tumor was removed subtotally. The
more » ... gical diagnosis was anaplastic astrocytoma. Malignant glioma with exophytic growth in the temporal lobe should be considered in the differential diagnosis of isolated oculomotor nerve paresis.
doi:10.2176/nmc.46.198 pmid:16636512 fatcat:hw3s5tinsveehbmwfhx6cvfr6y