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Chronic Constriction Injury of the Rat's Infraorbital Nerve (IoN-CCI) to Study Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain
Published on: September 21, 2015
[Orbital cysticercosis mimicking a painful third nerve palsy]
M El Hamdaoui1, V Touitou, P Lehoang
1Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, 47-83 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
Abstract:
We report an atypical case of cysticercosis of the left levator-superior rectus complex, mimicking a painful partial third nerve palsy. The patient presented with painful diplopia, with limitation of elevation, depression and adduction of the left eye, associated with a ptosis of the upper left eyelid. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed two cysts, located within the left levator-superior rectus complex, and nine parenchymal cysts located in both hemispheres of the brain. Antibody titers directed against Cysticercus cellulosae were elevated as confirmed by Elisa and Immunoblot. Diplopia and local inflammation resolved after albendazole and systemic steroid treatment. Surgical resection of the cysts was unnecessary.
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