Cranial-nerve Palsies with Herpes following General Anaesthesia

Lower cranial nerve palsies.

A 70 year old diabetic male presented with a three weeks history of left temporal pain radiating to the left eye and left side of the neck without any symptoms relating to the ear or nose. Two days later, the patient developed difficulty in swallowing and speaking with nasal regurgitation of fluids. Clinical examination revealed bilateral palatal weakness (more marked on the left side), bilater...

Infectious mononucleosis with cranial nerve palsies.

The neurological complications of infectious mononucleosis may rarely occur in the absence of the classical symptoms and signs of infectious mononucleosis. Widespread involvement of the cranial nerves is very rare. It is important to consider infectious mononucleosis in the differential diagnosis of any young adult presenting with a neurological illness. CASE HISTORY A 19-year-old female studen...

Cranial nerve palsy following retrobulbar anaesthesia.

Slowly progressive cranial nerve palsies.

MJA • Volume 184 Number 12 • 19 June 2006 he ca wo T incidence of non-melanotic head and neck skin ncers in Queensland is among the highest in the rld. Perineural spread (PNS) from these lesions involves either small nerves, identified at pathological examination (incidental), or large nerves, presenting clinically as cranial nerve palsies. Basal cell carcinoma is the more common skin cancer, b...

Recurrent multiple cranial nerve palsies.

The material for this paper comprises four case reports, which must necessarily be presented in some detail, having regard to the points in which they resemble and differ from one another. The resemblance between these cases is close enough to suggest that they constitute a recognizable clinical syndrome. As to their aetiology, the data permit no definite conclusion but suggest the possibility ...