A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient

Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy is a rare clinical syndrome, included into the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, and characterized by recurrent headache episodes associated with dysfunction of one or more ocular motor nerves. The diagnosis implies mandator...

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Main Author: Alexander Y. Ryabchenko
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Language:Russian
Published: MONIKI 2023-02-01
Series:Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny
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description Recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy is a rare clinical syndrome, included into the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, and characterized by recurrent headache episodes associated with dysfunction of one or more ocular motor nerves. The diagnosis implies mandatory exclusion of other potential causes of the symptoms. The paper presents a clinical case of a 49-year old female patient with a unilateral headache paroxysms and subsequent paresis of the oculomotor nerve. A thorough clinical assessment, with neuroimaging (brain magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography of arteries and veins of the head) showed no morphological abnormalities that could cause clinical symptoms of oculomotor neuropathy. Her past history was remarkable for a similar episode of prolonged unilateral headache and oculomotor paresis about 10 years before, which were at that time considered as an acute cerebrovascular accident. Thus, two episodes of similar clinical signs of painful neuropathy, the absence of other possible causes of the disease, and the complete regression of symptoms after treatment (ibuprofen and gabapentin) confirmed the diagnosis of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy.
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spelling doaj.art-33abff28646340ce9c9c73cd9eea52352023-02-22T09:41:33ZrusMONIKIAlʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny2072-05052587-92942023-02-0150849750210.18786/2072-0505-2022-50-052916A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patientAlexander Y. Ryabchenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8731-2565Orenburg State Medical UniversityRecurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy is a rare clinical syndrome, included into the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, and characterized by recurrent headache episodes associated with dysfunction of one or more ocular motor nerves. The diagnosis implies mandatory exclusion of other potential causes of the symptoms. The paper presents a clinical case of a 49-year old female patient with a unilateral headache paroxysms and subsequent paresis of the oculomotor nerve. A thorough clinical assessment, with neuroimaging (brain magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography of arteries and veins of the head) showed no morphological abnormalities that could cause clinical symptoms of oculomotor neuropathy. Her past history was remarkable for a similar episode of prolonged unilateral headache and oculomotor paresis about 10 years before, which were at that time considered as an acute cerebrovascular accident. Thus, two episodes of similar clinical signs of painful neuropathy, the absence of other possible causes of the disease, and the complete regression of symptoms after treatment (ibuprofen and gabapentin) confirmed the diagnosis of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy.https://almclinmed.ru/jour/article/viewFile/1756/1522oculomotor nerverecurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathyheadacheibuprofengabapentinclinical case
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A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny
oculomotor nerve
recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy
headache
ibuprofen
gabapentin
clinical case
title A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
title_full A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
title_fullStr A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
title_full_unstemmed A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
title_short A clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49-year old female patient
title_sort clinical observation of recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy in a 49 year old female patient
topic oculomotor nerve
recurrent painful ophthalmoplegic neuropathy
headache
ibuprofen
gabapentin
clinical case
url https://almclinmed.ru/jour/article/viewFile/1756/1522
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