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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Bilateral abducens nerve palsy after closed head trauma without acute intracranial pathology
Farris Serio, Jonathon Choi, Andrew Mccague
Natividad Medical Center, Salinas, CA, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Andrew Mccague
Natividad Medical Center, 1441 Constitution Blvd, Salinas, CA 93906
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/JETS.JETS_98_18
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Bilateral abducens nerve palsy due to closed head trauma is exceedingly rare. We present the case of a 51-year-old woman with posttraumatic bilateral abducens nerve palsy and persistent deficits at 1-year follow-up. This case demonstrates a rare example of cranial nerve palsy in the setting of a closed head injury without intracranial pathology.
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