Trochlear-oculomotor synkinesis: another congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder?

Authors :: Curi I
Source :: Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia [Arq Bras Oftalmol] 2019 Jan-Feb; Vol. 82 (1), pp. 65-67.
Publication Year :: 2019
Abstract: This report documents an unusual phenomenon. A 6-year-old girl with trochlear-oculomotor synkinesis presented with superior oblique and palpebral levator co-contraction. The literature was reviewed and the possibility of classifying this entity as a congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder was speculated.

Subjects :: Child
Eyelids abnormalities
Female
Humans
Ocular Motility Disorders classification
Ocular Motility Disorders pathology
Rare Diseases
Synkinesis classification
Synkinesis pathology
Trochlear Nerve Diseases classification
Trochlear Nerve Diseases pathology
Cranial Nerves abnormalities
Ocular Motility Disorders congenital
Oculomotor Muscles innervation
Synkinesis congenital
Trochlear Nerve Diseases congenital

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