Paralyses of the Extraocular Muscles in Diabetes

King, Francis

doi:10.1001/archinte.1959.00270080144020

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“…Out of the cases reported, 2 were young adults one being male and the other female. Our case was different from Arif et al [2] in a way that the presenting complaint was diplopia and ptosis in a young female. In the case reported previously, ocular examination revealed that there was complete ptosis, moderate hypotropia, large exotropia and no supraduction, infraduction or adduction which lead to the diagnosis of pupil sparing complete third nerve palsy.…”

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Acute isolated medial rectus palsy due to infarction as a result of hypercoagulable state: A case report and literature review

Morya

Jangid

Naidu

et al. 2019

Indian J Ophthalmol

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Isolated medial rectus palsy in an otherwise healthy individual is a very rare entity. However, this may point towards underlying systemic pathology. This is a case report of an otherwise healthy young adult male who presented with sudden onset non-progressive blurring of vision in right eye. A series of investigations were performed and the patient was diagnosed to have a rheumatological disorder. Isolated muscle palsies in young patient may be masking a systemic disorder and needs to be evaluated thoroughly.

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“…Any kind of extraocular muscle palsy can be a sign of neurological illness which in turn is commonly associated with systemic illness like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiac illness etc. [12]…”

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