Two cases of influenza with impaired ocular movement.
Complications of influenza include respiratory disorders (pneumonia, bronchitis and croup) and occasionally myocarditis, myositis, encephalitis, encephalopathy and Reye's syndrome, which may be life-threatening and cause various sequelae. We report two patients who developed unusual complications of influenza infection: one had ptosis and impaired ocular movement, and the other suffered from Guillain-Barré syndrome with paralysis of the extraocular muscles.
Migita
M
M
Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. Makoto_Migita/bmb@nms.ac.jp
Matsumoto
T
T
Fujino
O
O
Takaishi
Y
Y
Yuki
N
N
Fukunaga
Y
Y
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*