TY - JOUR
T1 - Pupil-Involving Third Cranial Nerve Paresis at High Altitude
AU - Blomquist, Preston H.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported, in part, by an unrestricted research grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Although sixth cranial nerve palsies are a well-recognized entity at high altitude, other cranial nerve palsies due to altitude are much more uncommon. A case of a 55-year-old woman is presented who flew from Dallas, Texas (elevation 176 m) to Breckenridge, Colorado, where she hiked up to 3600 m above sea level. She developed a pupil-involving right third cranial nerve paresis that resolved over the next 3 months. In the absence of significant abnormalities on neuroimaging and serum laboratories, the etiology is presumed to be due to high altitude.
AB - Although sixth cranial nerve palsies are a well-recognized entity at high altitude, other cranial nerve palsies due to altitude are much more uncommon. A case of a 55-year-old woman is presented who flew from Dallas, Texas (elevation 176 m) to Breckenridge, Colorado, where she hiked up to 3600 m above sea level. She developed a pupil-involving right third cranial nerve paresis that resolved over the next 3 months. In the absence of significant abnormalities on neuroimaging and serum laboratories, the etiology is presumed to be due to high altitude.
KW - high altitude
KW - pupil-involving
KW - third cranial nerve paresis
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U2 - 10.1089/ham.2018.0033
DO - 10.1089/ham.2018.0033
M3 - Article
C2 - 29847151
AN - SCOPUS:85053925977
SN - 1527-0297
VL - 19
SP - 286
EP - 287
JO - High Altitude Medicine and Biology
JF - High Altitude Medicine and Biology
IS - 3
ER -