Isolated oculomotor nerve palsy in Churg-Strauss syndrome

Intern Med. 2005 Jun;44(6):638-40. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.638.

Abstract

A 30-year-old man with bronchial asthma complained of horizontal diplopia. Partial oculomotor nerve palsy with restrictions of elevation and adduction, and mydriasis was observed in the left eye. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an infarct lesion in the territory of the left superior median mesencephalic branch of the posterior cerebral artery. Based on bronchial asthma, hypereosinophilia, mononeuropathy multiplex, pulmonary eosinophilia and positive perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody in the serum, the patient was diagnosed as having Churg-Strauss syndrome. This is the first case of oculomotor nerve palsy due to midbrain infarction associated with Churg-Strauss syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / immunology
  • Biopsy
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / complications*
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Churg-Strauss Syndrome / immunology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Eye Movements / physiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / complications
  • Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / diagnosis
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / diagnosis
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / etiology*
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / complications
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic