Abstract
Amongst a variety of neurological manifestations of childhood polyarteritis nodosa, cranial nerve involvement is unusual. We report 4 cases with cranial nerve palsies in a series of 36 biopsy-proven patients. Two cases presented with IIIrd nerve palsy alone, one with right IIIrd and left IVth nerve palsy, and one with peripheral VIIth nerve paresis. All 4 patients showed good response to prednisolone and cyclophosphamide treatment. Cranial nerve involvement in childhood polyarteritis nodosa seems not so rare when patients are followed on long term basis.
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