"Abducens Nerve Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
Descriptor ID |
D020434
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.292.150
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Concept/Terms |
Abducens Nerve Diseases- Abducens Nerve Diseases
- Abducens Nerve Disease
- Abducens Nerve Palsy
- Abducens Nerve Palsies
- Palsies, Abducens Nerve
- Palsy, Abducens Nerve
- Cranial Nerve VI Diseases
- Lateral Rectus Palsy
- Lateral Rectus Palsies
- Palsies, Lateral Rectus
- Palsy, Lateral Rectus
- Cranial Nerve VI Palsy
- Sixth Cranial Nerve Disorders
- Sixth Cranial Nerve Palsy
- Sixth Nerve Palsy
- Palsies, Sixth Nerve
- Palsy, Sixth Nerve
- Sixth Nerve Palsies
- VI Nerve Palsy
- Nerve Palsies, VI
- Nerve Palsy, VI
- Palsies, VI Nerve
- Palsy, VI Nerve
- VIth Cranial Nerve Diseases
- 6th Nerve Palsy
- 6th Nerve Palsies
- Nerve Palsies, 6th
- Nerve Palsy, 6th
- Palsies, 6th Nerve
- Palsy, 6th Nerve
- Sixth Cranial Nerve Diseases
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