ophthalmoplegia/vomiting

The introduction of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to the field of neuroimaging has allowed detection of various lesions that cause aqueductal stenosis. The authors report the case of a 3-year-old boy in whom a benign ventricular cyst developed in the aqueduct. The patient became drowsy after

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,

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

A 19-month-old, white, Pennsylvanian boy, with an unremarkable medical history, presented to our hospital with a 3-week history of nonbloody, nonbilious emesis up to 5 times a day and nonbloody diarrhea. Ten days before admission, his gait became progressively unsteady, until he finally refused to

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.

Background: Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is classically described by a clinical triad consisting of confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia, but recent reports emphasize a history of malnutrition along with 2 elements of the WE triad

The classical phenotype of Miller Fisher syndrome is characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and areflexia. However, less extensive forms have been described. The authors report a 14-y-old boy with positive anti-GQ1b antibodies with unusual clinical findings. He presented with headache, double

Ophthalmoplegia following cosmetic facial filler injections is a rare but serious complication. The authors report 2 cases of ophthalmoplegia following filler injection. In the first case, a 54-year-old female presented with acute onset headache, vomiting, and diplopia during malar and temporal

A total of ten transient oculomotor palsies of varying severity were observed in a 12-year-old boy from the age of ten months onward, accompanied by migraine-like headaches and vomiting. Damage to the oculomotor nerve due to swelling of the internal carotid artery (or an abnormal vessel) in the

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

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

We report two children with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) associated with mitochondrial cytopathy (MC). Case 1 was diagnosed as MC with the findings of ptosis, ophthalmoplegia, failure to thrive, high serum lactate and pyruvate levels, ragged red fibers in muscle biopsy and the common