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8777811

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
We describe here a 50-year-old patient who had multiple cranial nerve palsies (lt.VIII,IX,X,XI and rt.VII, IX,X) with varicella-zoster virus (VZV). He developed hoarseness, dysphagia on 30th, November, 1994. On the 8th day after the onset, he suffered from left tinnitus and left facial nerve palsy. Neurological examination on the 10th day revealed left peripheral facial nerve palsy, lt. vocal cord palsy, mild dysphagia and loss of bilateral taste. He did not show signs of meningeal irritation. On the 11th day, he felt vertigo and had horizontal nystagmus on the right lateral gaze. The cerebrospinal fluid findings revealed increased protein content but not pleocytosis. The antibody titer for varicella zoster virus elevated both in cerebrospinal fluid and in serum. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed gadlinium enhancement on the left geniculate ganglion and left superior or inferior ganglion of IX and X nerves, indicating that multiple cranial nerve palsies associated with VZV infection originate in the cranial ganglia. Focal brainstem encephalitis does not seem to be the main cause of multiple cranial neuropathy in this case.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0009-918X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
814-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of multiple cranial neuropathy due to varicella-zoster virus infection: detection of involvement of cranial ganglia with MRI].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports