A Case Report on Contralateral Transient Diplopia After Regional Dental Anaesthesia: Do Anatomical Variations Play a Key Role?
anatomical variations
clinical dentistry
complications
dental anatomy
local dental anaesthesia
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Historique:
accepted:
18
11
2022
entrez:
21
12
2022
pubmed:
22
12
2022
medline:
22
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
One of the most common procedures in everyday dental surgical practice is the inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia. The procedure is safe, though various complications may arise. Among them, ophthalmological complications such as temporary loss of vision, amaurosis, diplopia, or ophthalmoplegia are very rare, although they do occur. This case report highlights an inadvertent complication of contralateral temporary diplopia after inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia that was administrated in a patient who was set to undergo root canal treatment. Anatomical variations of the middle meningeal arteries and maxillary arteries or the sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerve (carrying important sympathetic fibers) along with intravascular administration of the anesthetic may cause uncommon ophthalmological complications such as transient double vision.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36540438
doi: 10.7759/cureus.31629
pmc: PMC9757640
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e31629Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022, Tasioudi et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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