HERPES-ZOSTER OPHTHALMOPLEGIA IN 2 HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS

Authors
CAPOFERRI C MARTORINA M MENGA M
Citation
C. Capoferri et al., HERPES-ZOSTER OPHTHALMOPLEGIA IN 2 HEMODIALYSIS-PATIENTS, Neuro-ophthalmology, 17(1), 1997, pp. 49-51
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuro-ophthalmology
ISSN journal
01658107 → ACNP
Volume
17
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
49 - 51
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-8107(1997)17:1<49:HOI2H>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Two uremic patients undergoing hemodialysis developed ophthalmic herpe s tester (OHZ), rapidly complicated by external ocular motor palsies, A total third nerve palsy was present in one case, a third with pupil sparing and fourth nerve palsy in the other. The palsies fully recover ed within eight and nine weeks, respectively. Relative lymphopenia and absence of vascular brain lesions suggest a viral origin in these imm unosuppressed cases.