Folia Morphologica 2010, tom 69, nr 4

Vascular disorders, infections, tumours, diabetes mellitus, and traumas are the most commoncauses of abducens nerve palsy, occasionally accompanied with other cranial nerve disorders, especiallyregarding facial and trigeminal nerves. The reason for isolated abducens nerve palsy could be the resultof vascular disorders such as aneurysms or vascular compression in the root exit zone...

The brain ventricular system consists of a series of interconnecting spaces and channels in the brain.The lateral ventricle (LV) within each cerebral hemisphere lies in a large C-shaped configuration. TheLVs communicate with the third ventricle (TdV) through the interventricular foramen (foramen ofMonro), which is a slit like a midline cavity lying between the right and left halves of the diencephalon...

Pseudotumors of retropharyngeal space are mentioned as anatomical variants of the carotid arteryor internal jugular vein, degenerative alterations or anatomical variations of regional bone structures,and damage of muscle such as hypertrophy of the levator scapulae muscle and fibrosis of sternocleidomastoidmuscle [5, 16]. We present a case of an elderly patient with pseudotumour of the retropharyngealspace, which caused dysphagia for solid foods...