Preferred Label : abducens nerve injury;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : cranial nerve vi injury; injury, abducens nerve; injury, cranial nerve vi; nerve injury, abducens; nerve traumas, abducens; sixth nerve trauma; sixth-nerve palsies, traumatic; sixth-nerve palsy, traumatic; trauma, sixth-nerve; traumatic abducens neuropathies; traumatic sixth nerve palsy; abducens nerve injuries; abducens nerve trauma; abducens nerve traumas; injuries, abducens nerve; nerve injuries, abducens; abducens neuropathy, traumatic; abducens neuropathies, traumatic; traumatic abducens neuropathy; traumatic sixth-nerve palsy; injury, sixth cranial nerve; sixth cranial nerve injury; sixth nerve palsy, traumatic; traumatic sixth-nerve palsies; sixth-nerve trauma; sixth-nerve traumas; traumas, sixth-nerve; nerve trauma, abducens; trauma, abducens nerve; traumas, abducens nerve; sixth cranial nerve injuries;
Origin ID : D020222;
UMLS CUI : C0161407;
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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.