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Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010
Background : Congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) describes a group of rare congenital eye movement disorders that result from the dysfunction of all or part of the oculomotor (CN 3) and the trochlear (CN 4) nerves, and/or the muscles ...
Pascale Cooymans, Sana Al-Zuhaibi, Rana Al-Senawi, Anuradha Ganesh   +3 more
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Síndrome do ápice orbitário causada por herpes zóster oftálmico: relato de caso e revisão da literatura Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and orbital apex syndrome: case report and literature review

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2009
OHerpes Zoster Oftálmico (HZO) decorre da infecção pelo vírus da varicela-zoster que permanece latente no gânglio de Gasser até que seja reativado e comprometa a divisão oftálmica do nervo trigêmeo.
Kenzo Hokazono, Marcelo Oliveira, Frederico Castelo Moura, Mário Luiz Ribeiro Monteiro   +3 more
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Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis in a young woman with an invasive breast carcinoma

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Hypopituitarism secondary to a pituitary metastasis is rare and difficult to diagnose since its symptoms are nonspecific. The presence of visual deficits and nerve palsies should suggest the presence of a pituitary metastasis in a cancer patient.
Ibtissem Oueslati, Sabrina Ayari, Meriem Yazidi, Sofiene Bouali, Nadia Khessairi, Melika Chihaoui   +5 more
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Surgery for Pituitary Tumor Apoplexy Is Associated with Rapid Headache and Cranial Nerve Improvement

Current Oncology, 2022
Pituitary tumor apoplexy (PTA) classically comprises sudden-onset headache, loss of vision, ophthalmoparesis, and decreased consciousness. It typically results from hemorrhage and/or infarction within a pituitary adenoma.
Kevin A. Cross, Rupen Desai, Ananth Vellimana, Yupeng Liu, Keith Rich, Gregory Zipfel, Ralph Dacey, Michael Chicoine, Cristine Klatt-Cromwell, Jonathan McJunkin, Patrik Pipkorn, John S. Schneider, Julie Silverstein, Albert H. Kim   +13 more
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Acute Ophthalmoplegia; Same Disease, Different Variants: Anti GQ1b Antibody Syndrome

, 2018
Patients with Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) are characterized by acute ophthalmoplegia (AO) and areflexia. MFS is an immune mediated process, triggered by an infection and includes incomplete forms, such as ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and a central nervous ...
Anna Carina Ergani, Senem Ayça, Muzaffer Polat   +2 more
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Unilateral ophthalmoplegia in anti-GQ1b antibody syndrome: case report and systematic literature review

Frontiers in Immunology
IntroductionAnti-GQ1b antibody syndrome encompasses immune-mediated neuropathies targeting ganglioside GQ1b, classically presenting as Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS) with the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia.
Juyuan Pan, Ningyu Zheng, Dan Yu, Huihua Jiang, Yuanlin Zhou   +4 more
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MYH2 myopathy, a new case expands the clinical and pathological spectrum of the recessive form

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2020
Background Hereditary myosin myopathies are a group of rare muscle disorders, caused by mutations in genes encoding for skeletal myosin heavy chains (MyHCs). MyHCIIa is encoded by MYH2 and is expressed in fast type 2A and 2B muscle fibers. MYH2 mutations
Roberta Telese, Serena Pagliarani, Alberto Lerario, Patrizia Ciscato, Gigliola Fagiolari, Denise Cassandrini, Nadia Grimoldi, Giorgio Conte, Claudia Cinnante, Filippo M. Santorelli, Giacomo P. Comi, Monica Sciacco, Lorenzo Peverelli   +12 more
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Using Whole Genome Sequencing in an African Subphenotype of Myasthenia Gravis to Generate a Pathogenetic Hypothesis

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare, treatable antibody-mediated disease which is characterized by muscle weakness. The pathogenic antibodies are most frequently directed at the acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) at the skeletal muscle endplate.
Melissa Nel, Nicola Mulder, Tarin A. Europa, Jeannine M. Heckmann   +3 more
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To wait for a spontaneous recovery of the third cranial nerve palsy occurring after the coiling of a PcomA aneurysm or to implement surgical treatment? A case report [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017
Introduction. In the last two decades a method of endovascular embolization has been imposed as a method of choice in the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
Peulić Miodrag, Kovačević Vojin, Miletić-Kovačević Marina, Grujičić Danica   +3 more
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GCA Presenting as Complete Ophthalmoplegia

, 2023
Complete bilateral ophthalmoplegia is an uncommon manifestation of GCA. The proposed pathophysiology of ophthalmoplegia in GCA includes cranial nerve palsy and orbital ischemia.
Isha Ingle; Can Kocasarac; Gabrielle Bonhomme
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