Unilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia after Minor Head Injury

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is a rare condition caused by injury to the medial longitudinal fasciculus in the brainstem. It usually occurs in conditions such as stroke or multiple sclerosis and is extremely rare after head injury. We report a case of unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, which o...

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Autores principales: Bamford, Richard, Singh-Ranger, Gurpreet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2012
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Trauma
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3298221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22461944
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.8.6595
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description Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is a rare condition caused by injury to the medial longitudinal fasciculus in the brainstem. It usually occurs in conditions such as stroke or multiple sclerosis and is extremely rare after head injury. We report a case of unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, which occurred after a minor head injury in a young male. His only symptoms were headache and diplopia. He was treated conservatively, and his symptoms settled after 3 months.
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spelling pubmed-32982212012-03-29 Unilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia after Minor Head Injury Bamford, Richard Singh-Ranger, Gurpreet West J Emerg Med Trauma Internuclear ophthalmoplegia is a rare condition caused by injury to the medial longitudinal fasciculus in the brainstem. It usually occurs in conditions such as stroke or multiple sclerosis and is extremely rare after head injury. We report a case of unilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia, which occurred after a minor head injury in a young male. His only symptoms were headache and diplopia. He was treated conservatively, and his symptoms settled after 3 months. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2012-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3298221/ /pubmed/22461944 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.8.6595 Text en the authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
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title_short Unilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia after Minor Head Injury
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