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SUBMITTER: Kung NH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123132 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) 20150824 5
Ocular neuromyotonia (ONM) is a neuro-ophthalmic disorder characterized by episodic diplopia caused by contraction of one or more ocular muscles due to spontaneous excitation of the respective ocular motor nerve. We report a patient whose ocular neuromyotonia arose in the setting of a subacute demyelinating polyneuropathy consistent with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) and subsequently resolved following the initiation of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) for her neuropa ...[more]