Third nerve palsy and internuclear ophthalmoplegia in periarteritis nodosa.
There is a large range of neurologic complications in periarteritis nodosa, but oculomotor motility disorders are rarely seen. Two patients presented with third nerve palsy and one presented with internuclear ophthalmoplegia due to periarteritis nodosa vasculitis. We hypothesize that the third nerve palsy and internuclear ophthalmoplegia was caused by a vascular infarction in the brain stem.
Kirkali
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P
Institute of Neurological Sciences and Psychiatry, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Topaloglu
R
R
Kansu
T
T
Bakkaloglu
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone