CT demonstration of extraocular muscle atrophy.
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).
Hansman
M L
ML
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Peyster
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RG
Heiman-Patterson
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Greenfield
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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