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Recurrent oculomotor neuritis related to autoimmune hypothyroidism. Case Report.

Choi H, Rhee H, Shin H.
Case Reports 2015; 36(4): 303-305 PubMed PMID: 26454483 Citation  Keywords:  Adolescent, Female, Hashimoto Disease:complications, Hormone Replacement Therapy:methods, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oculomotor Nerve Diseases:drug therapy, Recurrence, Steroids:therapeutic use, Thyroiditis, Autoimmune:complications,.   

: Ophthalmopathy related to thyroid disease is due mainly to diffuse periorbital or eye muscle inflammation. It is more common in Grave's hyperthyroidism and rare in Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. Here we report a case of recurrent oculomotor nerve palsy associated with autoimmune hypothyroidism. Brain MRI revealed enhancement of the oculomotor nerves. Despite thyroid hormone replacement therapy, oculomotor nerve palsy recurred at the side contralateral to the initially involved nerve and the autoimmune antibody titer remained high. The symptom was responsive to high-dose steroid therapy....

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