SAEM Clinical Image Series: Double Vision

cranial nerve palsy CN3

Chief complaint: Double vision

History of Present Illness: 61 year old female with history of HTN, DM, hyperlipidemia, and chronic low back pain presenting with double vision. She received an epidural spinal injection yesterday for the 4th time for low back pain. She was sedated for the procedure and woke up with headache, neck stiffness, and left eye “jumping around,” which progressed to double vision 1 hour later.

There was no blurry or double vision with either eye closed. She had 1 episode of emesis. She presented to the ED 24 hours later with continued headache and double vision.

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