Simultaneous, multiple cranial neuropathies in diabetes mellitus.
Cranial mononeuropathies, particularly ophthalmoplegia and facial palsy, are common entities in the diabetic population. Simultaneous multiple cranial neuropathies due to diabetes are much less common, however. We present three patients with this entity.
Eshbaugh
C G
CG
University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida, USA.
Siatkowski
R M
RM
Smith
J L
JL
Kline
L B
LB
D000010:Abducens Nerve; D000368:Aged; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D005154:Facial Nerve; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*