Horner's syndrome and sixth nerve paresis secondary to a petrous internal carotid artery aneurysm

Semin Ophthalmol. 2011 Jan;26(1):23-4. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2010.541321.

Abstract

We describe a report of a child with a horner's syndrome and sixth nerve paresis secondary to a petrous internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysm. Management of this condition involved coiling of the aneurysm and the use of botulinum toxin to manage his strabismus and associated symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / drug therapy
  • Abducens Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Adolescent
  • Aneurysm / complications*
  • Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm / therapy
  • Blepharoptosis / diagnosis
  • Blepharoptosis / drug therapy
  • Blepharoptosis / etiology
  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A / therapeutic use
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnosis
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / therapy
  • Carotid Artery, Internal*
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Horner Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Horner Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Horner Syndrome / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Strabismus / diagnosis
  • Strabismus / drug therapy
  • Strabismus / etiology
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A