Acquired oculomotor-abducens synkinesis.
The authors present a rare case of bilateral aberrant oculomotor regeneration following severe head trauma with the unusual finding of unilateral palpebral fissure widening on abduction with normal lateral rectus function (oculomotor-abducens synkinesis). The findings do not match the usual syndromes of either acquired oculomotor synkinesis or acquired Duane's retraction syndrome and seem to represent a unique case of aberrant regeneration involving the third and sixth cranial nerves.
Jordan
D R
DR
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
Miller
D G
DG
Anderson
R L
RL
D000010:Abducens Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007498:Iris / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014792:Visual Acuity