Sixth Nerve Palsy

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Case presentation By: Imtiaz ur Rehman 4 th Year MBBS Khyber Medical College Peshawar

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Case presentation

By: Imtiaz ur Rehman4th Year MBBS

Khyber Medical College Peshawar

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Learning objectives• Sudden loss of vision• Sudden onset of

double vision• Swollen optic disc• Ocular injury• Child with white

pupillary reflex• Red eye

• Pain in the eye• Progressive dec in

vision• Child with squint• Swelling of eyelids• Watering of eye

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• 7 yrs old boy with complain of misalignment of eyes from past 7-8 months

• No Hx of trauma, fever and fits

• Diplopia

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Examinations• Visual acuity

RE= 6/6LE= 6/9 (improved with pinhole)

• PupilNormal and reactive to light

• Ocular movementsLimitation of abduction on left eyeLimitation of left levoelevationLimitation of left levodepression

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• Distant direct ophthalmoscopy• Red reflex present

• Direct ophthalmoscopy• Normal optic discs and fundi

• Digital tonometry• Normal IOP in both eyes

• Visual field• Eyelids

• Normal

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Tests performed for squint Hirshberg test

(15degrees)Krimsky test

(30 PD)Head turn(to left side)

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SQUINT

Non functioning Left lateral rectus muscle

Sixth cranial nerve palsy

Due to

Due to

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Course of 6th nervePons

Ponto medullary junction

Cavernous sinus

Superior orbital fissure

Orbit

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Causes of sixth nerve palsy• Diabetes• Hypertension• Inflammation• Raised ICP• Trauma• Tumor

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MRI scan

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MRI report

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Treatment• Removal of GliomaCurrent treatment

• Acetazolamide (AZM)• Deltacotril• Risek satchet 40 mg