Skip to main content
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry logoLink to Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
. 1987 Aug;50(8):1051–1052. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.50.8.1051

Third nerve palsy due to posterior communicating artery aneurysm: the importance of early surgery.

M Feely 1, S Kapoor 1
PMCID: PMC1032236  PMID: 3655811

Abstract

The value of early, direct aneurysm clipping in restoring third-nerve function after palsy associated with a posterior communicating artery aneurysm is assessed.

Full text

PDF
1051

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. HYLAND H. H., BARNETT H. J. The pathogenesis of cranial nerve palsies associated with intracranial aneurysms. Proc R Soc Med. 1954 Feb;47(2):141–146. doi: 10.1177/003591575404700216. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Perneczky A., Czech T. Prognosis of oculomotor palsy following subarachnoid hemorrhage due to aneurysms of the posterior communicating artery. Zentralbl Neurochir. 1984;45(3):189–195. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Rush J. A., Younge B. R. Paralysis of cranial nerves III, IV, and VI. Cause and prognosis in 1,000 cases. Arch Ophthalmol. 1981 Jan;99(1):76–79. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1981.03930010078006. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES