Abducens Nerve Diseases

Synonyms

6th Nerve Palsies

6th Nerve Palsy

Abducens Nerve Disease

Abducens Nerve Palsies

Abducens Nerve Palsy

Abducens Palsy, Childhood, Benign Recurrent

Benign Recurrent Abducens Palsy of Childhood

Benign Recurrent Abducens Palsy, Children

Cranial Nerve VI Diseases

Cranial Nerve VI Palsy

Lateral Rectus Palsies

Lateral Rectus Palsy

Nerve Palsies, 6th

Nerve Palsies, VI

Nerve Palsy, 6th

Nerve Palsy, VI

Palsies, 6th Nerve

Palsies, Abducens Nerve

Palsies, Lateral Rectus

Palsies, Sixth Nerve

Palsies, VI Nerve

Palsy, 6th Nerve

Palsy, Abducens Nerve

Palsy, Lateral Rectus

Palsy, Sixth Nerve

Palsy, VI Nerve

Sixth Cranial Nerve Diseases

Sixth Cranial Nerve Disorders

Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy

Sixth Nerve Palsies

Sixth Nerve Palsy

VI Nerve Palsy

VIth Cranial Nerve Diseases

Diseases of the sixth cranial (abducens) nerve or its nucleus in the pons. The nerve may be injured along its course in the pons, intracranially as it travels along the base of the brain, in the cavernous sinus, or at the level of superior orbital fissure or orbit. Dysfunction of the nerve causes lateral rectus muscle weakness, resulting in horizontal diplopia that is maximal when the affected eye is abducted and ESOTROPIA. Common conditions associated with nerve injury include INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ISCHEMIA; and INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS.