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  • Title: Acute ophthalmoparesis associated with human parvovirus B19 infection.
    Author: Le Scanff J, Vighetto A, Mekki Y, Nguyen AM, Dufour JF, Broussolle C, Seve P.
    Journal: Eur J Ophthalmol; 2010; 20(4):802-4. PubMed ID: 20155703.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Parvovirus B19 infection (PVB19) has been linked with a broad spectrum of clinical syndromes. In addition to erythema infectiosum and asymptomatic infection, other less common manifestations include transient aplastic crisis in patients with hemoglobinopathies, pure red cell aplasia and pancytopenia in immunocompromised persons, nonimmune hydrops fetalis, chronic arthritis, myocarditis, and hepatitis. METHODS: Only 19% of patients had peripheral nervous system damage, mainly including brachial plexitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Two cases of cranial nerves palsies have been described in children in the literature, including one case of peripheral facial nerve palsy and one case of velopalatine hemiparalysis. We report the first case of acute ophthalmoparesis associated with PVB19 infection. RESULTS: We present a 40-year-old man with PVB19 with acute sixth cranial nerve palsy, diagnosed on the basis of serology and polymerase chain reaction carried out both on serum and cerebrospinal fluid. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should be aware of this possible clinical presentation.
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