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2022 Sep 30


Surg Radiol Anat

Oculomotor nerve root split: incidental finding on MRI-case report and literature review.

Authors

Ahmed AK, Gudapati K, Eggenberger ER, McGeary R, Gupta V, Vibhute P
Surg Radiol Anat. 2022 Sep 30.
PMID: 36178524.

Abstract

The oculomotor nerve (OMN) innervates the pupil, ciliary body, upper eyelid, and extraocular muscles through two divisions: a superior division that innervates the levator palpebrae superioris (LPS) and superior rectus (SR), and an inferior division that supplies the medial rectus (MR), inferior rectus (IR), inferior oblique (IO), and parasympathetic fibers to the pupil and ciliary body. We present a case of complete splitting of the cisternal segment of bilateral OMNs that was discovered incidentally on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a patient who had no ocular complaints.