%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated pathetick nerve paresis by compression from a dolichoectatic basilar artery: case report
%A Maranh£¿o-Filho
%A P¨¦ricles
%A Souto
%A Antonio Aversa Dutra do
%A Nogueira
%A Janio
%J Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
%D 2007
%I Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO
%R 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000100038
%X the article describes a woman with 53 year-old that has presented diplopia when looking down and adopted a tilted head position in order to read for the last six months. the neuro-ophthalmic examination shows isolated right superior oblique muscle paresis. the magnetic resonance and the angioresonance show the dolicoectatic basilar artery compressing the right ventral lateral brainstem.
%K trochlear nerve
%K dolichoectasy
%K basilar artery
%K ophtalmoplegy
%K compression.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-282X2007000100038&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en