@article{c38dca0cc58647cea7097d0f192b3bfa,
title = "Total Third Nerve Paralysis: Recovery in a Case of Meningococcic Meningitis",
abstract = "A case of meningococcic meningitis is accompanied by a total third nerve palsy. The patient recovered third nerve function in three months so that her only residual was a slightly enlarged and sluggishly reactive pupil.",
author = "Kass, \{Michael A.\} and Keltner, \{John L.\} and Gay, \{Andrew J.\}",
note = "Funding Information: meningitistreatedbysulfatherapy.Review ofthecurrentliteraturerevealednodocu¬ mentedcaseofthirdnervepalsyoccurring inmeningococcicmeningitistreatedbymod¬ ernantibiotic therapy. Thediagnosisofmeningococcicmenin¬ gitiswassubstantiatedinthecasewereport here bymultiplepositivesmearsandCSF cultures.Othercausesofthirdnervepalsy were excludedbyanormalfastingandtwo hourpostprandialbloodglucoseandanor¬ malrightcarotidangiogram. Thepatientdemonstratedanapparent ofthird nerveparalysisshortlyWithinthreeaftertheonset meningococcicmeningitis. monthssherecoveredalmostcompletely;the onlysequelabeingaminimallydilatedand sluggishlyreactiverightpupil. ThisinvestigationwassupportedinpartbyPublic HealthService grant NS-08033 from the National In¬ stituteofNeurologicalDiseasesandStroke,andby grantEY-00016fromtheNationalEyeInstitute.",
year = "1972",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1001/archopht.1972.01000020109017",
language = "English",
volume = "87",
pages = "107--109",
journal = "Archives of Ophthalmology",
issn = "0003-9950",
number = "1",
}