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What is the utility and yield of CSF studies for orbital apex syndrome?

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Neurology · Georgetown University

"Orbital apex syndrome" is a description of WHERE the problem is. It is a specific pattern of localization - i.e., some combination of CN III, IV, V1, V2, or VI, along with evidence of optic neuropathy (CN II) - that indicates that there is pathology anterior to the cavernous sinus (because the opti...

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