Lateral rectus palsy following coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention
Luke Nicholson1, Ruth Jones, David S Hughes
1Department of Ophthalmology, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK.
BMJ Case Reports
|February 19, 2014
Abstract:
We present a rare case of unilateral lateral rectus palsy following an elective coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention in a 78-year-old woman. Ophthalmoplegia following coronary angiography is extremely rare and this is the first case of a unilateral lateral rectus palsy following the procedure.
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