Acute bilateral ophthalmoplegia: 60 cases.

Autor(es): Keane J R


Resumo: Of 60 patients with acute bilateral ophthalmoparesis, the cause was within the brainstem in 18 (pretectal infarct, phenytoin toxicity, and Wernicke's syndrome), in cranial nerves in 26 (Guillain-Barré or Fisher syndrome, tuberculous meningitis), within the cavernous sinuses in 8 (tumors or infection), and at the myoneural junction in 8 (myasthenia or botulism).


Imprenta: Neurology, v. 36, n. 2, p. 279-281, 1986


Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1212/WNL.36.2.279


Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Pathogenesis


Data de publicação: 1986