Episodic third nerve palsy with cryptococcal meningitis

Abstract

Azran et al. have postulated transient ischemic neuropathy associated with mycotic vasculitis as the mechanism for this rare presentation of episodic third nerve palsy. However, a closer examination of the photomicrograph shows scanty small capillaries with no evidence of vasculitis.1 What may be seen is a conglomerate of inflammatory cells …