Publications by authors named "David Uskavitch"

Introduction: Spending on pharmaceuticals in the US reached $373.9 billion in 2014. Therapeutic interchange offers potential medication cost savings by replacing a prescribed drug for an equally efficacious therapeutic alternative.

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  • A 45-year-old woman experienced intermittent left eye pain and double vision over 12 years, always linked to a sixth cranial nerve palsy.
  • Postcontrast brain MRIs showed enhancement of the left sixth cranial nerve during an episode, which normalised five months later when symptoms improved.
  • This case supports the diagnosis of "ophthalmoplegic migraine" and is notable for being the first report of cisternal enhancement specifically affecting the sixth cranial nerve.
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