Congenital unilateral adduction associated with jaw movement: a rare variant of trigemino-oculomotor synkinesis.
A 21-year-old man had abnormal adducting movements of his left eye on mastication. This suggested an anomalous innervation of the medial rectus muscle from the motor branch of the trigeminal nerve that innervated the external pterygoid muscle.
Mohan
Kanwar
K
Squint Clinic, Grewal Eye Institute Chandigarh, India.
Saroha
Vandana
V
D000328:Adult; D020820:Dyskinesias / Q000151:congenital*; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw; D008297:Male; D008406:Masseter Muscle / Q000294:innervation; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000151:congenital*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009802:Oculomotor Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*