The abducens nerve starts in the pons of the brainstem, enters an area called Dorello’s canal, travels through the cavernous sinus, and ends at the lateral rectus muscle within the bony orbit.

This increases the visualization of the pons and cerebral peduncles. Opening the tentorium right above or lateral to the trigeminal pore, but not medially, prevents damaging the IV cranial nerve. See ...

Introduction Tumors with cavernous sinus (CS) invasion present a neurosurgical challenge. The most common tumor seen in cavernous sinus is meningioma (1). However, many tumors can arise in or invade ...

In summary, a 73-year-old man had a pupil-sparing third cranial nerve palsy and progressive constitutional complaints as the initial symptoms leading to a diagnosis of lymphoma that had ...

The combination of CN III and VI palsies raised the concern of a pituitary adenoma with right cavernous sinus invasion. She had no findings of acromegaly or Cushing’s syndrome; specifically ...

1."Diseases" of CN III, IV, VI, and sympathetic to eye a. Cavernous Sinus Syndrome b. Idiopathic Horner's Syndrome 2. Trigeminal nerve diseases a.Idiopathic Trigeminal Neuritis b. Trigeminal nerve ...

Letter to the Journal Published: 08 March 2004 Acute angle-closure glaucoma and pupil-involving complete third nerve palsy as presenting signs of thrombosed cavernous sinus aneurysm J Levy, M ...