Isolated third nerve palsy complicating Rickettsial fever: A rare neurological complication
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Rickettsial fever presenting with isolated third nerve palsy.
Rickettsial fevers are known to have neurological involvement, mostly in the form of meningoencephalitis. Focal neurodeficits, including isolated cranial nerve palsies have been rarely reported. We hereby report a case of a 25 year old man who presented to us with high grade fever caused by rickettsia and left sided partial third cranial nerve palsy. He responded to doxycycline.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2362-0323
DOI: 10.4038/jpgim.8195