Eye ( see ) problems after a thorax sympatectomi (pain threatment)

    
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Posted by CCF Neuro MD on June 25, 1997 at 11:09:49:

In Reply to: Re: Eye ( see ) problems after a thorax sympatectomi (pain threatment) posted by C.J.M. van Bolderen on June 23, 1997 at 15:57:28:

: : I have The following Question:
  : Hystory:

  : My wife 43 Years old , has symphathetic reflex dystrophy (right arm and hand)
  : because this was very painfull two weeks ago (4 Jun 1997) the hospital has done a Thorax-Sympatectomi
  : (they cut the symphathetic nerves in the breast)
  : the operation was succesfully ( the pain in the arm and hand is gone)

  : Two days after the operation she complaints that she could not see with both eyes
  : (only light and dark) , also she cannot move her eyelids up or down, and
  : also she cannot move the eyes themselves from the right to the left v.v.
  : or up and down.

  : She was seen by an eye doctor ; He could not find anything.

  : After that she was seen by an neurologic doctor :
  : He said that he has not seen this in his 30 years practice.

  : there are made an:

  : 1:  M.R.I. scan of the head
  : 2:  They have made a  E.E.G.
  : 3:  They hade made a  E.M.G.
  : 4:  She has become an injection with Neostigmine

  : There is nothing to see on the above mentioned

  : 17 Juni 1997 she had a Lumbar puncture (no results )

  :
  : Till now the docters dont know what is going on with the eyes of my wife
  : and have no other option than wait.

  : Can You help me further , and in what direction do I, and the docters have to search

  : Is there maybe made a medical failure during the operation of the nerves.

  Who has a idea for what is going on , what treatment is possible
  : Who can helps me ????

  :
  : please contact me quickly

  : Charles van Bolderen

  : (forgive me my bad English writing)
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Hello Charles,
There are not any neurologic illnesses that comes to mind which could explain what your wife has experienced.  I can not think of any causal relationship with your wife