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Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy; A case report
Author(s) -
Semra Saygı,
Tülün Savaş,
İlknur Erol
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
çukurova üniversitesi tıp fakültesi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0250-5150
DOI - 10.5455/cutf.155495
Subject(s) - medicine
Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy, typically seen as a serious childhood migraine attack which is followed by ptosis and diplopia due to oculomotor nerve palsy. This is regarded as a form of migraine in the previous classifications but according to the latest classification of the International Headache Society has been recognized as cranial neuralgia. Due to the poor pathological and radiological findings of oculomotor nerve during attack, it is difficult to make differential diagnosis. In this manuscript we report 11-year-old female patient with ophtalmoplegic migraine. [Cukurova Med J 2014; 39(4.000): 938-941

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