Horizontal conjugate gaze palsy in eosinophilic meningitis

Chotmongkol, V.; Sawanyawisuth, K.

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 30(3): 586-587

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562
PMID: 10774676
Document Number: 508615
Two cases of eosinophilic meningitis who presented with headache and strabismus are reported. Pertinent physical examination revealed unilateral horizontal conjugate gaze palsy with absence of doll's eye maneuver and hemiparesis. The etiologic agent of eosinophilic meningitis is presumed to be Angiostrongylus cantonensis and the infected location that produce horizontal conjugate gaze palsy was a pontine lesion.

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