title: Bilateral trochlear nerve palsy associated with cryptococcal meningitis in human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: This is the report of a case of bilateral trochlear nerve palsy secondary to cryptococcal meningitis in a 34-year-old woman with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Based on clinical and neuroradiologic findings, it is concluded that in the present case, a postinflammatory shrinking of the arachnoid has stretched the fourth cranial nerves at their point of emergence from the dorsal surface of the brainstem.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sadun
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: De Negri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Santopadre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pivetti Pezzi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000150:complications*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D014321:Trochlear Nerve