J Korean Bal Soc.  2006 Jun;5(1):70-73.

Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy Caused by De Novo Pontine Cavernous Angioma

• Park JH
• Chung WH
• Park SA
• Sung KB

Abstract

Cavernous angiomas are considered to be congenital in origin. Patients under age of 14 years usually does not require imaging because they are likely to have a benign abducens nerve palsy, unless they develop additional signs or symptoms of neurologic disease during observation. Here we report a case of an isolated abducens nerve palsy caused by overt hemorrhage from de novo formation of cavernous angioma in the pons. Cavernous angiomas of the brain stem should be considered as a possible cause of isolated abducens nerve palsy in young adult and MRI, including gradient-echo sequences should be performed.

Keyword

Cavernous angioma; Abducens nerve palsy

MeSH Terms

Abducens Nerve Diseases*
Abducens Nerve*
Brain Stem
Hemangioma, Cavernous*
Hemorrhage
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Pons
Young Adult