"Owl's Eye" Sign in Acute Flaccid Paralysis

Joy Zhuo Ding; Hugh J McMillan

doi:10.1017/cjn.2019.250

"Owl's Eye" Sign in Acute Flaccid Paralysis

Can J Neurol Sci. 2019 Nov;46(6):756-757. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2019.250.

Authors

Joy Zhuo Ding¹, Hugh J McMillan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 31352915
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2019.250

Abstract

A 4-year-old boy presented with asymmetric acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) of his right arm and both legs. He was alert with no oculobulbar weakness or incontinence. He had fever and diarrhea 5 days earlier. He was fully immunized with no travel history.

Keywords: Acute flaccid paralysis; Enterovirus; Owl’s eye sign.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Child, Preschool
Humans
Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Paraplegia / diagnostic imaging*