Recovery of ocular motor cranial nerve palsy after herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Document Type

Article

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To report the course of ocular motor cranial nerve palsy due to herpes zoster. METHODS: A retrospective chart review identified patients with ocular motor cranial nerve palsy occurring at the time of herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Patients were seen by a single neuro-ophthalmologist from 1994 to 2012. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients were identified; 3 were excluded because of incomplete follow-up. Nine (50%) had complete recovery and 8 (44%) had partial recovery but no diplopia in primary gaze (mean time = 10 weeks). One patient with complete ophthalmoplegia had persistent diplopia in primary position for recovery. CONCLUSION: Ophthalmoplegia secondary to herpes zoster ophthalmicus has good long-term prognosis for recovery.

Medical Subject Headings

Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (complications); Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Oculomotor Nerve (physiology); Oculomotor Nerve Diseases (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology); Recovery of Function; Retrospective Studies; Time Factors

Publication Date

3-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

E-ISSN

1536-5166

Volume

34

Issue

1

First Page

20

Last Page

2

PubMed ID

24051426

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/WNO.0b013e3182a59c69

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