Bilateral abducens palsy in West Nile Meningoencephalitis

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Identifier 20190317_nanos_posters_120
Title Bilateral abducens palsy in West Nile Meningoencephalitis
Creator Anika Tandon; Mhafrin Basta; Marc Dinkin; Cristiano Oliveira
Affiliation (AT) (MB) (MD) (CO) Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA, 2 D Y Patil University School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai, India
Subject Ocular Motility
Description West Nile virus (WNV) is a neurotropic virus, transmitted to humans via an infected mosquito.1 Twenty percent of infected indivuals develop systemic symptoms such as fever, rash and adenopathy. Approximately 0.67% of patients develop associated meningoencephalitis with altered mental status and various sensory and motor deficits, which may be life threatening. Some patients may present with diplopia, as it has have been previously reported, two specifically due to abducens palsy. We present the case of a man presenting with binocular horizontal diplopia due to bilateral abducens palsy.
Date 2019-03
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2019 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NAM 2019: Poster Session I: Clinical Highlights in Neuro-Ophthalmology
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Holding Institution North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Association. NANOS Executive Office 5841 Cedar Lake Road, Suite 204, Minneapolis, MN 55416
Rights Management Copyright 2019. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6n05r29
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 1432601
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n05r29
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