Congenital crocodile tears: a key to the aetiology of Duane's syndrome.
The occurrence from birth of copious lacrimation on eating in some patients with Duane's syndrome suggests that both are caused by dysgenesis or a lesion in the vicinity of the abducens nucleus in the pons.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004370:Duane Retraction Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D004435:Eating; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism*