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Diagnosis and treatment of isolated inferior oblique muscle palsy: a report of seven cases.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9852426     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To review and report our experience in attempting to surgically eliminate the vertical deviations and the anomalous head posture in patients with inferior oblique palsy (IOP) and to add to the literature another etiology for IOP: denervation/myectomy of that muscle. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Seven patients demonstrating findings characteristic of an isolated IOP are reported. Six were unilateral and one was bilateral. All met the Bielschowsky/Parks' Three Step Test criteria to identify an isolated IOP. Six patients had surgery that consisted of weakening the superior oblique (SO) muscle of the affected eye alone or in combination with superior rectus recession of the fellow eye. RESULTS: All patients were ultimately successfully alleviated of their vertical deviations and anomalous head postures. (Two patients developed an iatrogenic superior oblique palsy (SOP) which responded well to additional surgery.) CONCLUSIONS: The treatment of choice for IOP is tenotomy or tenectomy of the ipsilateral superior oblique muscle alone or in combination with recession of the contralateral superior rectus muscle.
Authors:
E Khawam; J Menassa; A Jaber; S Farah
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Binocular vision & strabismus quarterly     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1088-6281     ISO Abbreviation:  Binocul Vis Strabismus Q     Publication Date:  1998  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-01-11     Completed Date:  1999-01-11     Revised Date:  2005-12-20    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9607281     Medline TA:  Binocul Vis Strabismus Q     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  45-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Ophthalmology Department, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
Eye Movements
Female
Head
Humans
Male
Muscle Denervation
Oculomotor Muscles / pathology*,  surgery*
Ophthalmoplegia / congenital,  diagnosis*,  surgery*
Posture
Vision, Binocular
Comments/Corrections
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Binocul Vis Strabismus Q. 1998;13(2):85   [PMID:  9852499 ]

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