title: Multiple concomitant cranial nerve palsies secondary to preeclampsia.
abstract: A 32-year-old primigravid woman developed pre-eclampsia after delivery of twins along with left fifth, sixth, and seventh cranial neuropathies. She also had evidence of hepatic and renal involvement. Results of patient evaluation were otherwise unremarkable, and the palsies completely resolved over 3 months after treatment with valacyclovir and systemic corticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology (MG, KL), CHUM Notre-Dame Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l'Université Montréal), Montreal, Québec, Canada; and Department of Ophthalmology (MG, KL), University of Montreal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilca
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luneau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy