title: Congenital absence of bilateral inferior rectus muscles: a case report.
abstract: A case has been presented in this article of congenital absence of bilateral inferior rectus muscles combined with restriction of the lateral rectus muscle and malinsertion of the inferior oblique muscle to the lateral rectus muscle. The surgical procedures for correction of the absence of the inferior rectus muscle and embryogenesis of extraocular muscles were also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Yen
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity