COMPLETE OPHTHALMOPLEGIA IN ACUTE TOXIC POLYNEURITIS

Complete ophthalmoplegia in acute toxic polyneuritis.

A well-developed, healthy country girl, aged 19 years, was delivered normally of her first baby on March 6, 1957. Two days later her pupils began to dilate and she found she could not read. She had a vague history of epileptic fits and in view of certain domestic difficulties hysteria was suspected. Examination.-On March 11 her eyes were found to be fixed in the primary position and no stimulus...

Acute polyneuritis cranialis with total external ophthalmoplegia and areflexia.

CASE-REPORT Mrs. S. C., aged forty-one gave birth to a female child on March 19, 1970. She had a manual removal of placenta without anaesthesia and the baby needed resuscitation. Ten days later, on March 29, 1970, she noticed dizziness and unsteadiness in the morning. She also noticed that her voice was low pitched and hoarse. When she ate her breakfast she could not swallow properly and fluids...

Toxic Polyneuritis

of Ten Cases Presenting Some Unusual Features By R. S. ALLISON, M.D., M.R.C.P.(LOND.), AND W. H. PATTERSON, M.D. NEURITIS is a common complaint and a term often loosely used to describe indefinite sensory symptoms. Polyneuritis or peripheral neuritis is, however, a definite entity and much less common. Harris (1) classifies its causes into four main groups (a) Caused by the absorption of poison...

On Toxic Polyneuritis of the Motor Type

Toxic polyneuritis in Bombay due to ortho-cresyl-phosphate poisoning.