Glufosinate Herbicide Intoxication Causing Unconsciousness, Convulsion, and 6th Cranial Nerve Palsy

Glufosinate Herbicide Intoxication Causing Unconsciousness, Convulsion, and 6th Cranial Nerve Palsy

Although glufosinate ammonium herbicides are considered safe when used properly, ingestion of the undiluted form can cause grave outcomes. Recently, we treated a 34-yr-old man who ingested glufosinate ammonium herbicide. In the course of treatment, the patient developed apnea, mental deterioration, and sixth cranial nerve palsy; he has since been discharged with full recovery after intensive ca...

Capecitabine and sixth cranial nerve palsy.

Capecitabine is an oral chemotherapeutic agent converted to 5 fluorouracil (5-FU). Neurotoxicity associated with the medication encompasses both central and peripheral nervous systems. We describe a 60 year old man with colonic carcinoma who developed diplopia due to a sixth nerve palsy following the use of capecitabine which is an orally administered prodrug of 5-FU. An MRI of brain did not re...

Dissection of the internal carotid artery causing Horner syndrome and palsy of cranial nerve XII.

CMAJ • JUNE 15, 2010 • 182(9) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E373 A61-year-old right-handed man presented with a twoday history of a new headache that had developed gradually several hours after he dived into a lake. The headache, which encompassed the entire left side of the head, had a maximal intensity of 10 out of 10 and was described as dull and constant with mild pho...

Cranial nerve palsy following retrobulbar anaesthesia.

chronic deep venous thrombosis of the petrosal sinus causing multiple cranial nerve palsy.

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