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Bilateral Painful Idiopathic Ophthalmoplegia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Nieri Andrea,
Bazan Rodrigo,
Almeida Leila,
Rocha Fernando C.,
Raffin César N.,
Bigal Marcelo E.,
Schelp Arthur O.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00798.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , external ophthalmoplegia , surgery , trochlear nerve , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , mitochondrial dna , gene , alternative medicine , palsy
Around 3% of the individuals with painful ophthalmoplegia have bilateral complaints. In the vast majority of these cases, appropriate investigation demonstrates a secondary etiology, and we are not aware of idiopathic cases reported. Herein we report a case of bilateral ophthalmoplegia where extensive investigation did not suggest a secondary cause.