Multiple Cranial-Nerve Palsies: An Unusual Culprit

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 ...

An unusual case of hypopituitarism and recurrent cranial nerve palsies.

We report here the history of a 52-year old woman with diabetes mellitus for 10 years and secondary hypothyroidism (low TSH) who presented with chronic persistent headache for 6 years and sudden onset of complete blindness of 24 hours duration, admitted to our unit at National Hospital of Sri Lanka in July 2004 . On the first admission in 1998, a cranial CT scan demonstrated a lesion suggestive...

Isolated cranial nerve palsies in multiple sclerosis.

During a 10 year period 24 patients with definite multiple sclerosis with isolated cranial nerve palsies were studied (third and fourth nerve: one patient each, sixth nerve: 12 patients, seventh nerve: three patients, eighth nerve: seven patients), in whom cranial nerve palsies were the presenting sign in 14 and the only clinical sign of an exacerbation in 10 patients. MRI was carried out in 20...

Tumors Presenting as Multiple Cranial Nerve Palsies

Cranial nerve palsy could be one of the presenting features of underlying benign or malignant tumors of the head and neck. The tumor can involve the cranial nerves by local compression, direct infiltration or by paraneoplastic process. Cranial nerve involvement depends on the anatomical course of the cranial nerve and the site of the tumor. Patients may present with single or multiple cranial n...

Meningeal carcinomatosis - an unusual cause of multiple cranial nerve palsies and sensory neuropathy.