[Internuclear ophthalmoplegia: initial and isolated clinical findings in bacterial endocarditis].
Unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia become manifest by homolateral paralysis of ocular adduction and contralateral nystagmus. Principal causes are multiple sclerosis and vertebro-basilar insufficiency. We report a case in which this signal appeared as the first clinical manifestation of bacterial endocarditis and turned up to be the only neurological finding.
Werneck
A L
AL
Serviço de Neurologia, Hospital dos Servidores do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Gonçalves
A J
AJ
Bezerra
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*
Oftalmoplegia internuclear: achado clínico inicial e único em endocardite bacteriana.