J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1986 Oct;27(5):881-889.
A Case of Brown's Syndrome Following Tucking of Superior Oblique Muscle
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
Abstract
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Brown's syndrome or the superior oblique tendon sheath syndrome is motility befect of the eye ball manifest by an inability to raise the adducted eye above the midhorizontal plane. The authors have operated on one patient, 5 years old female, who developad Brown's syndrome secondary to tucking of the superior oblique tendon. The surgery for relieving of the superior oblique tendon tucking and steroid injection on the tendon region were performed on the fourth day after the superior oblique tendon tucking. The symptoms of Brown's syndrome have been improved since the relieving of the superior oblique tendon. At 5 months after this surgery, the patient sbowed only mild hypotropia with A pattern and orthotropic state in the primary position.