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A 45-year-old female was positive for anti-aquaporin-4 antibody with disturbance of consciousness, respiratory failure, and ophthalmoplegia associated with extensive brain stem involvement with intractable hiccup and nausea as an initial manifestation. Her level of consciousness and state of
The patient is a 72-year-old man who had tonsillitis and underwent incision on March 6, 1998. He complained headache and nausea from March 10 and double vision from March 12. He was admitted to our hospital on March 14. Neurological examination on March 18 revealed bilateral internuclear
Background
Internuclear
ophthalmoplegia (INO) is an eye movement disorder caused by a lesion in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) located in the midbrain. Adduction paralysis of both eyes and bilateral abduction nystagmus are the main features of
Pain characteristics of the Tolosa-Hunt syndrome were abstracted from the observations of five patients with repeated incidents of painful ophthalmoplegia. The pain was experienced either as pressure behind the ophthalmoplegic eye or as boring pain in one orbital region, fluctuating in intensity,
The causes of pituitary apoplexy are unclear. We report a case of pituitary apoplexy presenting with headache and nausea. On June 17th, 1997 a 74-year-old woman had complained of retro-orbital headache, fever and vomiting. A cold was diagnosed for which she recurred medication. In addition to the
Background. Pituitary apoplexy (PA) is a clinical syndrome caused by acute ischemic infarction or hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. The typical clinical presentation of PA includes acute onset of severe headache, visual disturbance, cranial nerve palsy, and altered level of consciousness. Case
A 61-year-old woman is presented with a bilateral total ophthalmoplegia as an initial ocular symptom, caused by a midbrain hematoma. She complained of acute headache, nausea, vomiting and bilateral closure of her eyelids. Examination on admission showed meningeal irritation; mild consciousness
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy (RPON), formerly named ophthalmoplegic migraine (OM), is a rare condition characterized by the association of unilateral headaches and the ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy. The third cranial nerve is most commonly involved in the recurrent attacks. But
We report a case of bilateral ocular deviation due to droperidol-induced acute dystonia that was initially undiagnosed. A 22-year-old, 72 kg, parturient at 42 weeks' gestation underwent emergency cesarean section for pregnancy-induced hypertension under combined spinal-epidural analgesia. The
The author presented a case of a girl, aged 10, with total ophthalmoplegia of the right eye, recurring 4 times. The onset of the disease was preceded by nausea, vomits and headache. The symptoms of the palsy released spontaneously after 2-3 weeks.
OBJECTIVE
To expand the differential diagnosis of headache and ophthalmoparesis by describing a case report in which anti-GQ1b was demonstrated to be the cause.
BACKGROUND
Anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome refers to a clinical spectrum of conditions that share common mechanisms and overlapping
A 15-year-old man was admitted because of diplopia and bilateral ptosis which occurred a few days after initial clinical signs, such as fever up, nausea, vomiting and headache. His pupils were anisocoric (Rt. phi 3.5 mm < Lt. phi 6.0 mm). In his left eye, light reflex was absent and its movements
Unexpected autopsy findings are presented of a patient who died suddenly after a 6-month history of progressive headaches, nausea, and vomiting. A ruptured Rathke's cleft cyst (RCC) was identified within the adenohypophysis, with a chronic inflammatory reaction in surrounding pituitary and overlying
A case of ophthalmoplegic migraine with cerebral aneurysm is reported. A 47-year-old female with a 17-year history of migraine was admitted. She had three attacks of severe migrainous headache accompanied with nausea and vomiting within three weeks. Soon after the third attack, she noticed diplopia
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) are a sensitive, minimally invasive technique used to localize dysfunction of myelinated peripheral and central axons in the nervous system. The utility of SSEPs in acutely assessing central nervous system function in brainstem herniation in the neuroscience