aetiology of cranial nerve palsies
Last reviewed 01/2018
There is a specific differential diagnosis of each cranial nerve palsy however the general aetiological principles are listed here:
- common causes:
- aneurysm
- diabetes
- multiple sclerosis
- tumour
- trauma and surgery
- stroke
- rarer causes:
- vasculitides:
- microscopic polyangitis
- rheumatoid vasculitis
- polyarteritis nodosa
- sarcoidosis
- infection:
- Lyme disease
- syphilis
- HIV
- Wernicke's encephalopathy