Abducens Nerve Palsy in Pregnancy: A Case Report
Published: December 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/22035.9060
Sayedeh Reyhaneh Yousefi, Shokrollah Zandi
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IR Iran.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, IR Iran.
Correspondence
Dr. Shokrollah Zandi,
Keshavarz St., Besat Hospital, Sanandaj, Iran.
E-mail: Zandi611@yahoo.com
Headache, blurring of vision and confusion are neurologic symptoms of preeclampsia. Whereas abducens nerve palsy during pregnancy is an extremely rare condition, we report here a 40-year-old patient with diplopia, blurring of vision and abducens nerve palsy in the 39th week of pregnancy with history of hypertension (HTN). No specific pathology was found. Symptoms of abducens nerve palsy were resolved spontaneously by controlling blood pressure after delivery.
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