Sometimes called the abducent nerve, the abducens nerve is the sixth cranial nerve (CN VI). This nerve has only a motor function and lacks a sensory function. Along with the oculomotor nerve (CN ...

The patient was referred to ophthalmology, where he was diagnosed with sixth cranial nerve (abducens) palsy and referred for an MRI of the head and CT angiogram of the head and neck, the authors said.

Abducens nerve, also known as the sixth cranial nerve, which emerges in the pontomedullary junction, has the longest subarachnoid course. This is also the common cranial nerve palsy in the adult ...

Her BP was normal (115/85 mm Hg) without treatment. Isolated sixth cranial (abducens) nerve disorder is a rare condition associated with gestation, and very few cases have been reported (see ...

Sixth nerve palsy, also known as abducens nerve palsy, is a disorder that affects eye movement. It’s caused by damage to the sixth cranial nerve or obstruction anywhere along its path from the ...

Sadeq A. Quraishi, MD, MHA, Resident Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of ...

Benign abducens nerve palsy is rare in childhood ... In all but one of our patients (patient 8), a complete recovery of the sixth nerve palsy was found. In patient 8, complete recovery occurred ...