Traumatic Abducens Neuropathy Definition
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Traumatic Abducens Neuropathy: Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.
Synonym: abducens nerve trauma, abducens nerve injury, sixth cranial nerve injury, cranial nerve vi injury, traumatic sixth-nerve palsy, sixth-nerve trauma.