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  Vol. 43 No. 1, January 1986 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves penetrated by cerebral vessels. Microanatomy and possible clinical significance

M. Milisavljevic, S. Marinkovic, V. Lolic-Draganic and M. Kovacevic

Twenty formaldehyde-fixed brains were examined under the stereoscopic microscope. In 12 brains (60%), the oculomotor nerves were penetrated by the circumflex mesencephalic artery or by a branch of the perforating vessels of the posterior cerebral artery, either on one side (40%) or on both (20%). In one brain (5%), a particular relationship was noticed between the trochlear nerve and the superior cerebellar artery. The abducens nerves were penetrated by the corresponding pontine veins in three brains (15%). These anatomical findings might have important clinical implications.

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