Site specific cranial nerve palsies caused by extra-axial disease
| CNs 3,4,6 5(1st) | Superior orbital fissure/anterior cavernous sinus |
| CNs 3, 4, 6, 5 (1st and 2nd) | Posterior cavernous sinus |
| CNs 5, 6 | Petrous temporal apex |
| CNs 7, 8 | Internal auditory meatus/cerebellopontine angle |
| CNs 9, 10, 11 | Jugular foramen |
| CN 9, 10, 11, 12 and sympathetic | Retropharyngeal space (below skull base) |