[Recurrent skull neuropathy during the course of diabetes mellitus--case report].

This study presents a case of a 73 year old woman who has suffered from diabetes mellitus for 8 years and has had 6 isolated cranial nerves palsies within a period of 7 years. The last are-because of which she was treated in Department of Neurology in July 1992--concerned left oculomotor nerve. The coincidence of metabolic and vascular disorders provoke authors to take a wide diagnostics and discussion on diabetic ophthalmoplegia problem.