Recovery of ocular motor cranial nerve palsy after herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
OBJECTIVE
To report the course of ocular motor cranial nerve palsy due to herpes zoster.


METHODS
A retrospective chart review identified patients with ocular motor cranial nerve palsy occurring at the time of herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Patients were seen by a single neuro-ophthalmologist from 1994 to 2012.


RESULTS
Twenty-one patients were identified; 3 were excluded because of incomplete follow-up. Nine (50%) had complete recovery and 8 (44%) had partial recovery but no diplopia in primary gaze (mean time = 10 weeks). One patient with complete ophthalmoplegia had persistent diplopia in primary position for recovery.


CONCLUSIONS
Ophthalmoplegia secondary to herpes zoster ophthalmicus has good long-term prognosis for recovery.
Department of Ophthalmology (MSC, KCG), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; and the Virdi Eye Clinic (MSC), Rock Island, Illinois.
Manpreet S
MS
Chhabra
Karl C
KC
Golnik
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors