Dr. Nabanita Barua, B13505, Dr. Chandana Chakraborti, Dr. Sheuli Kumar, Dr. Malsawmtluanga Benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) due to hypothyroidism in children is rare. We report a case of Benign Intracranial hypertension due to hypothyroidism with bilateral sixth nerve palsy in a heamophilic child. The child presented with…
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FP736 : Eight and A Half Syndrome – A Rare Presentation of Pontine Infarct !
Dr.Geoffrey Joju, Dr. Anthrayos C V Kakkanatt, Dr.David Pudukadan, Ms. Minu Sasikumar
A 65 year old male who had an episode of Left sided hemiplegia was brought to the OPD with complaints of restriction of eye movements and diplopia which started in association with stroke 1 week back. The diplopia was more on looking to the sides.
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FP737 : A Case of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH)
Dr. Jeyalakshmi Govindan, Dr. Smita Vittal
A 30 year old female presented with headache, transient visual loss and tinnitus since 1 year and night blindness since childhood. Her vision both eyes were hand movements. Anterior segments were normal. Fundi showed pallid disc edema, atrophic maculopathy ,arterial attenuation and tapetoretinal reflex. ERG findings suggestive of RP. MRI brain revealed widened perioptic space and empty sella. CSF opening pressure was 28cmH2O and analysis was normal.
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Dr. Vinod Kumar Baranwal 24 years old male while making design on POP ceiling, fell down from a height of 10 feet and had left fronto-temporal contusion. CT brain was suggestive of left fronto-parietal subdural haematoma ,subarachnoid haemorrhage with midline shift. He underwent left fronto-temporo-parietal…
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FP83 : Compressive Optic Neuropathy Masquerading As Bilateral Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Dr. Chaithra Dembala Aroor, A14712, Dr. Rohit Shetty, Dr. Abdul Rawoof
65 year old chronic smoker,comes with progressive blurring of vision in both eyes for 2 months.His visual acuity was hand movements in both the eyes.Pupils were sluggish,fundus evaluation revealed severe primary optic atrophy in both the eyes.
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FP884 : Idebenone for Management of Lebers Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Dr. Jitender Kumar, K13827, Dr. Sumit Sachdeva, Dr. Sumeet Khanduja, Dr. Dhull Chand Singh
A 20 year male a previously diagnosed case of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy presented with diminution of vision in both eyes of a duration of one month. Visual acuity was 6/60 OU with centrocaecal scotoma on automated perimetry.
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FP958 : Adult Onset Ophthalmoplegic Migraine with Recurrent Sixth Nerve Pares Is – A Rare Presentaion
Dr. Anjana R., A17979, Dr. Savithiri Visvanathan, Dr. (Mrs) P S Maheswari
Migraine with ophthalmoplegia is a rare presentation with an incidence of 0.7 per million, common in paediatric age group. Occulomotor nerve is most commonly involved , followed by abducent nerve and trochlear nerve.