Chi-Yuan Chang1,2Ching-Mao Chang1,3Yen-Ying Kung1,3Fang-Pey Chen 1,3
Ta-Peng Wu1*
1Center for Traditional Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
2School of Chinese Medicine, College of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan
3National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Institute of Traditional Medicine
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This is a case of acupuncture treatment of diplopia after the removal of cavernous malformation surgery. The acupuncture treatment was successful and well received.
This case showed a thirty-three-year-old female patient who had severe headache and one onset of epilepsy. She initially received treatment and MRI examination in the department of Neurology, Landseed International Hospital. MRI showed bleeding on the left temporal lesion and cavernous malformation in the left pons. After evaluation, she decided to have craniotomy in Taipei Veteran General Hospital on 2019/06/27. After the surgery,aside from diplopia, the she
also experienced dizziness, photophobia, weakened sense of distance and unsteady gait. She was then hospitalized again on 2019/07/24 with intermittent headache accompanied by numbness in the right face, right palm numbness, weakness in the right side, left eyelid ptosis, and dizziness. With the knowledge of pregnancy, the patient underwent her second craniotomy on 2019/08/01. Diplopia exacerbated after the operation. She later sought help in the department of acupuncture in Taipei Veteran General Hospital. The patient came once a week for scalp needle and body needle treatment. During treatment, diplopia, blurred vision, drooping eyelid, weakness and numbness gradually improved.
【Keywords】Diplopia, Acupuncture, Chinese medicine treatment
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