A Rare Cause of Sudden Ptosis: Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm

Merve Fatma Bozkurt; Erdem Dinc; Emis Eken; Seyran Bozkurt; Cem Sundu

doi:10.5505/1304.7361.2014.90001

Merve Fatma Bozkurt¹, Erdem Dinc¹, Emis Eken², Seyran Bozkurt³, Cem Sundu¹

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
²Clinic of Neurology, Silifke State Hospital, Mersin, Turkey
³Department of Emergency, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey

Keywords: Aneurysm; isolated oculomotor nerve paralysis; posterior communicating artery

Abstract

A forty-seven-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with sudden ptosis and diplopia without pain. She had no trauma or systemic disease history. Ptosis and mydriasis were observed in her left eye. Eye movement was restricted all directions without lateral. Isolated oculomotor nerve paralysis was diagnosed based on clinical findings, and posterior communicating artery aneurysm was observed in magnetic resonance angiography.