Isolated fascicular abducens nerve palsy and Lyme disease.

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Title Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, March 1994, Volume 14, Issue 1
Date 1994-03
Language eng
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Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Collection Neuro-ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NOVEL http://NOVEL.utah.edu
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km2hwm

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Title Isolated fascicular abducens nerve palsy and Lyme disease.
Creator Mastrianni, JA; Steven L. Galetta, MD, NYU Langone; Raps, EC; Grant T. Liu, MD. Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania; Nicholas J Volpe, MD, Northwestern University
Affiliation Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
Abstract A patient with Lyme disease developed an isolated sixth nerve palsy at the end of a 1 month course of oral antibiotics. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed high-signal abnormality at the left pontomedullary junction, implicating involvement of the distal sixth nerve fascicle. Although facial numbness ensued during a subsequent course of intravenous antibiotics, corticosteroid therapy was associated with prompt improvement of neurologic signs, suggesting an immunologic mechanism for the central nervous system dysfunction.
Subject Abducens Nerve; Fasciculation; Lyme Disease; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ophthalmoplegia
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Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
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ID 224646
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km2hwm/224646
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