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Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy caused by a mucocele of an aerated anterior clinoid process

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Acknowledgments

This paper was written in honour of Dr. med. Hans-Martin Hensler, who was, as first neuroradiologist of Schleswig-Holstein, working as senior physician in the Diakonissen Hospital in Flensburg from 1986 to June 2012. As our teacher and mentor with his unique and confident character and his remarkably care in the medical decisions for the benefit of his patients, we wish him all the best in his retirement.

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  1. Department of Diagnostics and Interventional Radiology/Neuroradiology, Diakonissen Hospital Flensburg, Knuthstraße 1, 24939, Flensburg, Germany

    S. Hopf-Jensen, I. von d. Ahe, H. Preuß, M. Preiß & S. Müller-Hülsbeck

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Diakonissen Hospital, Flensburg, Germany

    O. Rubarth, P. Riis & W. Börm

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Hopf-Jensen, S., Rubarth, O., von d. Ahe, I. et al. Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy caused by a mucocele of an aerated anterior clinoid process. Clin Neuroradiol 24, 161–164 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-013-0211-4

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