Acute Complete Oculomotor Nerve Palsy in a Young Male Due to a Skull Base Myofibroma

Tung Thanh Hoang; Thuy Van Le; Dat Tran; Thuong Duc Ho; Nhung Hong Thi Le; Prem S Subramanian

doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000001177

Acute Complete Oculomotor Nerve Palsy in a Young Male Due to a Skull Base Myofibroma

J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Dec 1;41(4):e759-e760. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001177.

Authors

Tung Thanh Hoang¹, Thuy Van Le, Dat Tran, Thuong Duc Ho, Nhung Hong Thi Le, Prem S Subramanian

Affiliation

¹ Ophthalmology Department (TTH, NHTL), Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; Ophthalmology Unit (TTH, NHTL), Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; Save Sight Institute (TTH), the University of Sydney School of Medicine, Sydney, Australia ; Neurology Unit (TVL), Hanoi Medical University Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; Neurosurgery Department I (DT), Viet Duc Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; Pathology Department (TDH), Viet Duc Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam; and Ophthalmology Department (PSS), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.

PMID: 33449492
DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001177

Abstract

A 25-year-old male patient visited the ophthalmology clinic because of upper eye lid ptosis in the right eye, binocular double vision, and light sensitivity. He was diagnosed with a complete third nerve palsy caused by a skull base myofibroma, a rare clinical entity that has not been described before in oculomotor nerve palsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Humans
Male
Myofibroma* / complications
Oculomotor Nerve
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases* / diagnosis
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases* / etiology
Skull Base