Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia following minor head trauma
Received 18 January 2002; accepted 19 April 2002.
Abstract
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is characterized by pathognomonic findings on neurological examination. It results from a lesion in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) and is rarely caused by head trauma. The neuroanatomy of INO is complex and the mechanism by which trauma causes this syndrome is controversial. In the context of trauma, INO occurs frequently in association with other neurological findings and should prompt a thorough investigation and ICU admission. A case of an individual with acute post-traumatic INO is reported and discussed.
*Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA
†Department of Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Reprint Address: John W. Hafner, Jr., MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, 530 N. E. Glen Oak Ave., Peoria, IL 61637, USA
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