PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - M. Tariq Bhatti
AU  - Ilona M. Schmalfuss
AU  - Lorna S. Williams
AU  - Ronald G. Quisling
TI  - Peripheral Third Cranial Nerve Enhancement in Multiple Sclerosis
DP  - 2003 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1390--1395
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1390.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1390.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2003 Aug 01; 24
AB  - Summary: Cranial nerve III dysfunction in multiple sclerosis (MS) is uncommon. Seven cases of isolated cranial nerve III paresis associated with MS have been reported in the English-language literature. MR imaging was obtained in five cases demonstrating lesions within the midbrain. We present the detailed clinical and MR imaging findings of a young woman with MS and an isolated, painful pupil involving complete left cranial nerve III palsy. Initial MR imaging showed isolated enhancement of the cisternal portion of the cranial nerve III, suggesting that peripheral nervous system involvement may develop as part of the disease process in some patients with MS.