Abstract:Background
Intracranial aneurysms are the most common vascular cause of painful ophthalmoplegia. Symptoms include retro-orbital pain, diplopia, ophthalmoplegia, trigeminal neuropathy, or a combination of these. Most single aneurysms cause ipsilateral, painful ophthalmoplegia. Here, we report the first, to our knowledge, case of bilateral painful ophthalmoplegia possibly caused by an aneurysm of the cavernous segment of the left internal carotid artery.
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