Oculomotor Nerve Diseases

Diseases of the oculomotor nerve or nucleus that result in weakness or paralysis of the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, or levator palpebrae muscles, or impaired parasympathetic innervation to the pupil. With a complete oculomotor palsy, the eyelid will be paralyzed, the eye will be in an abducted and inferior position, and the pupil will be markedly dilated. Commonly associated conditions include neoplasms, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, ischemia (especially in association with DIABETES MELLITUS), and aneurysmal compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p270)

Also Known As:

Oculomotor Nerve Palsy; Palsy, Oculomotor Nerve; Third-Nerve Palsy; Oculomotor Nerve Disorders; Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis; Oculomotor Neuropathy; Partial Third-Nerve Palsy; Third Cranial Nerve Diseases; Third-Nerve Paralysis; Total Third-Nerve Palsy; Nerve Disease, Oculomotor; Nerve Diseases, Oculomotor; Nerve Disorder, Oculomotor; Nerve Disorders, Oculomotor; Nerve Palsies, Oculomotor; Nerve Palsy, Oculomotor; Nerve Paralyses, Oculomotor; Nerve Paralysis, Oculomotor; Neuropathies, Oculomotor; Neuropathy, Oculomotor; Oculomotor Nerve Disease; Oculomotor Nerve Disorder; Oculomotor Nerve Palsies; Oculomotor Nerve Paralyses; Oculomotor Neuropathies; Palsies, Oculomotor Nerve; Palsies, Partial Third-Nerve; Palsies, Third-Nerve; Palsies, Total Third-Nerve; Palsy, Partial Third-Nerve; Palsy, Third-Nerve; Palsy, Total Third-Nerve; Paralyses, Oculomotor Nerve; Paralyses, Third-Nerve; Paralysis, Oculomotor Nerve; Paralysis, Third-Nerve; Partial Third Nerve Palsy; Partial Third-Nerve Palsies; Third Nerve Palsy; Third Nerve Paralysis; Third-Nerve Palsies; Third-Nerve Palsies, Partial; Third-Nerve Palsies, Total; Third-Nerve Palsy, Partial; Third-Nerve Palsy, Total; Third-Nerve Paralyses; Total Third Nerve Palsy; Total Third-Nerve Palsies; Cranial Nerve III Diseases

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Nervous System Diseases: 3643

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Cranial Nerve Diseases: 155

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Ocular Motility Disorders: 212

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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases: 79

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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases: 79

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Eye Diseases: 1323

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Ocular Motility Disorders: 212

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Oculomotor Nerve Diseases: 79

Authors	J N Taylor
Journal	Australian and New Zealand journal of ophthalmology (Aust N Z J Ophthalmol) Vol. 21 Issue 4 Pg. 282 (Nov 1993) ISSN: 0814-9763 AUSTRALIA
PMID	8148151 (Publication Type: Letter)
Topics	Humans Oculomotor Muscles (transplantation) Oculomotor Nerve Diseases (surgery) Orbit (surgery)

Transplantation of the lateral rectus muscle to the medial side of the globe in third nerve palsy.