Neuro-ophthalmological manifestations associated with Lyme disease

Carotid dissection and carotid occlusion with stroke: neuro-ophthalmological manifestations

We assessed the prevalence and characteristics of neuro-ophthalmological manifestations (NOMs) in patients with stroke due to internal carotid artery (ICA) disease. NOMs were evaluated in 81 patients with ICA dissection and 229 patients with ICA atherosclerotic occlusion from the Lausanne Stroke Registry. NOMs, seen in 57% of patients with ICA dissection consisted of visual field defect (32%), ...

Neuro-ophthalmological disorders in HIV infected subjects with neurological manifestations.

AIMS To determine the frequency and features of neuro-ophthalmological manifestations in neurologically symptomatic HIV infected patients and to assess whether or not the visual evoked potential (VEP) features in these patients differ from those of neurologically asymptomatic HIV infected patients. METHODS Neuro-ophthalmological evaluation was performed in 166 neurologically symptomatic confi...

Cardiac manifestations of Lyme disease.

Three cases of Lyme's disease with cardiac involvement are reported. One patient had myocarditis complicated by symptomatic complete AV block and two patients had asymptomatic 1st degree AV block. There were no abnormalities on echocardiography. The cardiac changes occurred between the 18th and 40th day after the onset of the disease and persisted 10 days: however these conduction defects may v...

Some neuro-ophthalmological observations.

Some neuro-ophthalmological problems.

HAVING been associated with the Neurosurgical Unit of the Richmond Hospital for 25 years, I feel that the time is opportune to cast my memory back and recall some of my experiences which may be of interest. If I succeed in making it clear to the neurosurgeons that the ophthalmologist has a useful contribution to make in the assessment ofmany of their problems, and to the ophthalmologist that he...