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New onset strabismus in association with ear pain
  1. Sohail Ghani1,
  2. Marcus Likeman2,
  3. M D Lyttle1,3
  1. 1 Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
  2. 2 Paediatric Neuroradiology Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK
  3. 3 Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sohail Ghani, Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, 2 Lon Y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff CF14 6JN, UK; sohailghani2001{at}yahoo.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-310297

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    CASE HISTORY

    A 7-year-old previously well boy presented to the emergency department (ED) with diplopia and pain in his right eye for 2 days. The previous week, while on holiday abroad, he developed right ear pain and vomiting. He was seen by the local physician, diagnosed with right otitis media and was treated with eardrops. On returning to the UK, his general practitioner started him on oral amoxicillin, but his parents brought him to the ED due to worsening symptoms. There was no history of trauma, headache, vomiting or fever. He was fully immunised, was not on any regular medications and had no known allergies.

    On examination, he was distressed due to photophobia in his right eye and diplopia. There was crusted discharge in his right ear canal with a perforated tympanic membrane. Cranial nerve examination revealed a loss of abduction of the right eye, but the rest of the neurological and systemic examination was normal.

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    • Contributors SG and MDL conceived the idea. SG provided the initial draft of the manuscript and all authors contributed in arriving at the final version. ML provided expertise in the selection of the image.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.