J.ophthalmol.(Ukraine).2021;6:52-55.
http://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh202165255
Received: 07 September 2021; Published on-line: 21 December 2021
Neuro-opthalmological aspect of ocular motor abnormalities
V. A. Vasyuta 1, V. V. Biloshytsky 1, O. V. Korobova 2, A. P. Huk 1, V. M. Zhdanova 1, M. V. Kadzhaia 1
1 The State Institution "Romodanov Neurosurgery Institute, National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine"; Kyiv (Ukraine)
2 Donetsk National Medical University, Ministry of Health of Ukraine; Kramatorsk (Ukraine)
E-mail: vasyuta.v@ukr.net
TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Vasyuta VA, Biloshytsky VV, Korobova OV, Huk AP, Zhdanova VM, Kadzhaia MV. Neuro-opthalmological aspect of ocular motor abnormalities. J.ophthalmol.(Ukraine). 2021;6:52-55. http://doi.org/10.31288/oftalmolzh202165255
The paper presents anatomical features of ocular motor nerves (cranial nerves III, IV, and VI). Vascular abnormalities are major causes of ocular motor abnormalities and include microvascular lesions, aneurysms of brain vessels, a pathology in the vertebrobasilar territory, brain neoplasms (particularly, those of the cerebellopontine angle, skull base and pituitary gland), and head trauma. Inflammation, myasthenia, endocrine ophthalmopathy, and demyelination are minor causes of ocular motor abnormalities. Ocular motor abnormalities should be differentiated from ocular motor lesions at the level of the medial longitudinal bundle such as internuclear ophthalmoplegia.
Keywords: ocular motor abnormalities, the ocular motor, abducens, and trochlear nerves, causes, diplopia
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