The authors describe a case of a 30 year old, male patient, with acute otitis media after timpanic perforation, progres- sing with left transverse sinus thrombosis, right facial palsy of central origin and asymmetric bilateral trochlear palsy. The ophthalmologic examination showed SO hypofunction and IO hyperfunction in both eyes, although more markedly in the right eye. There was a positive Bielschowsky sign to the right. Vision was preserved, and there was no papille- dema. The cerebral angiography showed left transverse sinus thrombosis, without any concomitant anomaly. The patient was treated with oral antibiotics and a coumarinic drug. After six months, diplopia was present only in left-downgaze. The facial palsy was still present. No similar report was found in the literature.
Palsy; Troclear nerve; Sinus thrombosis intracranial; Case report
