Patient:
Female, 47 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Traumatic bilateral abducens • unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy
Symptoms:
Diplopia Medication: - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Neurology Objective: Rare disease.
Background:
Incidence of unilateral abducens palsy from head trauma has been reported to be as high as 1% to 2.7%, but bilateral abducens nerve palsy is extremely rare.
Case report:
We present a case in which bilateral abducens nerve and unilateral hypoglossal nerve palsy developed with a high Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) 3 hours after head trauma due to a motor vehicle crash.
Conclusions:
This case highlights the occurrence and management of posttraumatic bilateral sixth nerve palsy.