title: Ophthalmoplegia due to actinomycosis.
abstract: A patient with actinomycosis, involving the meninges and right cavernous sinus, presented with diplopia due to a total right external ophthalmoplegia and left abduction weakness. These was partial right ptosis but the pupils were spared. The diagnosis was made by biopsy of a neck mass. A complete recovery was made in response to intravenous penicillin.
mesh_terms: D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*