Scrub Typhus Presenting as Unilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Ritwik Ghosh ◽  
Subhrajyoti Biswas ◽  
Arnab Mandal ◽  
Kaustav De ◽  
Srijit Bandyopadhyay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Scrub Typhus ◽  
Abducens Nerve ◽  
Abducens Nerve Palsy

scholarly journals Reversible Unilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy in a patient with Scrub Typhus - A Clinical Diagnostic Dilemma

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-281
Author(s):  
Rahul Choudhary ◽  
Gaurav Katoch ◽  
Garima Sachdeva ◽  
Sweta Kushwah
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Scrub Typhus ◽  
Abducens Nerve ◽  
Abducens Nerve Palsy ◽  
Pathological Feature ◽  
Orientia Tsutsugamushi ◽  
Cranial Nerve Involvement ◽  
Sixth Cranial Nerve ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
Rickettsial Disease

Scrub typhus is an acute febrile rickettsial disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It infects endothelial cells and causes vasculitis, the predominant clinico-pathological feature of the disease. This results in disseminated inflammatory perivascular lesions leading to damage to the blood vessels affecting multiple end organs. Abducens nerve palsy is a known but extremely rare and reversible complication of scrub typhus. We present a case of scrub typhus with sixth cranial nerve involvement which responded to treatment with doxycycline.

scholarly journals Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy in a Patient with Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aishwarya Anilkumar ◽  
Elizabeth Tan ◽  
Jonathan Cleaver ◽  
Hamish D Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Abducens Nerve ◽  
Abducens Nerve Palsy
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