J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  2000 Apr;41(4):1028-1031.

Congenital Levator-Inferior Rectus Synkinesis

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  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Research Center, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We examined a 4-year-old girl who had showed retraction of the left upper eyelid on downward gaze since birth. She had no history of birth trauma, eye surgery, or oculomotor nerve palsy. Corrected visual acuity was 0.3 OU. Motility examination revealed no phoria or tropias. Full ductions and versions were present in all fields of gaze. In primary gaze, the upper eyelids were in normal position and symmetric, and the levator function of the both eyes was normal. On downward gaze, the left upper eyelid was retracted 3.5 mmcompared with the right upper lid. On left and downward gaze, the left upper lid retraction increased to 8 mm. Result of computed tomography of brain and orbits was normal. This case is clinically rare and may be the first report of congenital levator-inferior rectus synkinesis in the Korean literature.

Keyword

Aberrant regeneration; Eyelid retraction; Oculomotor synkinesis

MeSH Terms

Brain
Child, Preschool
Eyelids
Female
Humans
Oculomotor Nerve Diseases
Orbit
Parturition
Strabismus
Synkinesis*
Visual Acuity
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