M Gupta1, H Davis, I G Rennie. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, O Floor, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. mohiteye@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report a case of intracranial tumor in a patient with positive tensilon test. METHODS: Interventional case report. A 19-year-old male presented with left 6th nerve palsy and had a tensilon test, which was highly positive and was diagnosed as having myasthenia gravis. RESULTS: The neurologist scanned the patient, which showed an intracranial tumor in the floor of the temporal fossa on the left side. The patient had surgery and a schwannoma was removed. The VIth nerve palsy did not improve up to two years after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: A patient with a positive tensilon test can also have an associated intracranial tumor.
PURPOSE: To report a case of intracranial tumor in a patient with positive tensilon test. METHODS: Interventional case report. A 19-year-old male presented with left 6th nerve palsy and had a tensilon test, which was highly positive and was diagnosed as having myasthenia gravis. RESULTS: The neurologist scanned the patient, which showed an intracranial tumor in the floor of the temporal fossa on the left side. The patient had surgery and a schwannoma was removed. The VIth nerve palsy did not improve up to two years after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: A patient with a positive tensilon test can also have an associated intracranial tumor.