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.