title: CT demonstration of extraocular muscle atrophy.
abstract: Two cases of CT-documented extraocular muscle atrophy are presented. Unilateral atrophy was observed in a patient with a lesion of the cavernous sinus. Atrophic extraocular muscles were noted bilaterally in a young woman with "ophthalmoplegia plus" (probable Kearns-Sayre syndrome).
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hansman
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Peyster
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heiman-Patterson
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Greenfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002426:Cavernous Sinus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007625:Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed