B11 Flashcards
a vision condition in which a person can not align both eyes simultaneously under normal conditions
Strabismus
When one or both of the eyes may turn in, out, up, or down
Strabismus
T/F: an eye turn can be constant or intermittent
True
What are the 4 causes of strabismus
- congenital
- accommodative ET
- abnormal visual development
- neurological
What are the 4 types of neurological strabismus
- cranial nerve palsies
- neurological disease
- posterior fossa tumors or malformations
- raised ICP
What are some symptoms someone with a strabismus may have
- double vision
- blurry vision
- reduced peripheral vision
- headaches
- dizziness
CN3 innervates what? (EOMs, other muscles, etc.)
EOMs (SR, MR, IR, IO)
Superior palpebral levator muscle
Edinger-Westphal Nucleus
If someone has a CN3 palsy how will their eye be positioned or not be able to move?
Down and out
If someone has a CN3 palsy what will be some characteristics you will see?
- the eye will be positioned down and out, or cant move down and out
- there will be ptosis (due to SPL muscle not working)
- dilated pupil and non-accommodative response (if EW nucleus isnt working)
What are the 4 etiologies in children with a CN3 palsy?
- congenital
- vascular
- primary tumor
- metastatic tumor
What are the 3 etiologies in young adults with a CN3 palsy?
- demyelination
- vascular
- tumor
What are the 2 etiologies in older adults with a CN3 palsy?
- vascular
- tumor
What are the 3 conditions related to an ischemic or vascular problem in a CN3 palsy?
- diabetes
- hypertension
- pupil sparing
What the most common vascular related cause in adults with a CN3 palsy?
Diabetes
If the pupils arent affected in a CN3 palsy then its mostly what kind of problem?
Vascular
If there is something that is compressing on the nerve (more peripheral) then its probably a __ or an ___. If the cause is from these the patients eye will still be down and out but the pupils will be dilated with no accommodative response
Tumor or an aneurysm
What is the most common intracranial aneurysm in a CN3 palsy?
Posterior communicating artery
What are 2 types of non-pupil sparing etiologies for a CN3 palsy?
- intracraninal aneurysm
- neoplasm
What are two other arteries that can be involved in an intracranial aneurysm? (CN3 palsy)
Internal carotid artery or basilar artery
What is an acute risk of an aneurysm rupturing in a CN3 palsy?
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (pain)
What are 2 types of neoplasms in a CN3 palsy?
Neuromas or schwannomas
What are 2 types of tumors that could be adjacent to the CN3 nerve?
Pituitary or sphenoid wing meningioma
What are 7 etiologies of a CN3 palsy?
- Vascular
- intracranial aneurysm
- neoplasm (tumor)
- trauma
- migraine
- inflammatory
- infectious
What type of trauma could cause a CN3 palsy?
Severe blows to the head with skull fracture and/or loss of consciousness
What is a type of inflammatory condition that can cause a CN3 palsy?
MS
What are 2 types of infections that can cause a CN3 palsy?
- meningitis
- viral
What are some tests you would want to do to evaluate a CN3 palsy?
- case history
- external observation
- VA
- cover test (would see exo, hypo)
- EOMs
- pupil testing
- NPC
- accommodation testing due to EWN
- Hess Lancaster test
What muscle does CN4 innervate?
SO
If someone has a CN4 palsy what position will the eye be in or wont be able to move?
Eye up and in
People with a CN4 palsy usually has a head tilt to the ____ side of the palsy
Opposite
Someone with a CN4 palsy with a right head tilt will have an affected ____ SO palsy
Left SO palsy
What is the longest intracranial pathway?
CN4
Describe the CN4 pathway
Crosses in back of the brain stem–>partially encircling the midbrain–>decussates after midbrain
CN 4 nucleus is near ___ fibers
Descending sympathetic fibers
If there is a CN4 palsy it can lead to what kind of syndrome?
Ipsilateral pre-ganglionic horners syndrome
What is the horners syndrome triad?
miosis, ptosis, anhidrosis
What are the 8 etiologies of a CN4 palsy?
- congenital
- idiopathic
- head trauma
- microvasculopathy
- tumor
- aneurysm
- MS
- iatrogenic injury
What are the 2 ways someone can have a congenital CN4 palsy?
- abnormal development of CN4 nucleus
- abnormal development of peripheral nerve or tendon
What is the most common cause of acquired isolated CN4 palsy?
2nd?
First: idiopathic
Second: head trauma (with a loss of consciousness)
What are some tests you do to evaluate a CN4 palsy?
- case history
- external observations
- cover test
- EOMs
- pupils
- P3S
- NPC
- Hess Lancaster
What EOM does CN6 innervate?
Lateral Rectus
If the LR is not working what will the eye look like?
The eye will be turned in (esotropia)
If someone has a CN6 palsy they will probably have a head turn towards the ____ eye
Affected eye
If someone has a CN6 palsy with a left head turn what muscle is affected?
LLR
CN6 is susceptible to what 5 things?
- injury
- increased ICP
- mastoid infection
- skull fracture
- tumors
If someone has a lesion to CN6 nerve, root, or nucleus what are some presentations you may see?
- ipsilateral paresis of LR
- convergence strabismus increasing in temporal gaze
- lateral diplopia
If someone has a ipsilateral paresis or paralysis of facial muscles for Nuclear lesions what type of palsy would you think?
CN6
- this is due to CN7 root encircles CN6 nucleus
If someone has lateral diplopia what palsy do you think this could be?
CN6
What is the most commonly affected oculomotor nerve in adults?
-CN6
What is the most common affected oculomotor nerve in children?
CN4
What is the second most commonly affected oculomotor nerve in children?
CN6
The how many anterior ciliary arteries supplies the LR?
1, all other EOMS are supplied by 2
The LR is more affected by ____ than other EOMs. And why?
Ischemia, because only 1 ACA is supplying it
What are the 8 etiologies of a CN6 palsy?
- Trauma
- Aneurysm
- Ischemic (HTN, diabetes)
- Idiopathic
- Demyelination
- Neoplasm
- Inflammatory
- Meningitis
What are some tests you would use to evaluate CN6 palsy?
- case history
- external observations
- VA
- cover test (eso)
- EOMs (limited towards temporal gaze)
- Hess Lancaster
What are 2 types of multiple cranial nerve palsies?
- cavernous sinus
- orbital apex syndrome
What nerves are located in the cavernous sinus? What syndrome is related?
CN 3, 4, 5, (V1 and V2), 6
Horners
If the cavernous sinus is affected is the optic nerve affected?
Nope
What is the #1 cause of a cavernous sinus palsy?
Neoplasm
What are some other causes of a cavernous sinus palsy?
- carotid cavernous fistula
- aneurysm
- Fungal infection
- inflammatory
- tolosa-Hunt
What nerves are affected in orbital apex syndrome?
What is a syndrome that can result from this?
CN 3, 4, 5 (V1), 6
Syndrome: horners
Is the optic nerve affected in an orbital apex syndrome?
Yes
What is the #1 cause of an orbital apex syndrome?
Neoplasm
What are some other causes of an orbital apex syndrome?
- fungal infection
- inflammation
If someone has medial rectus problem what will they present with?
-exo deviation, greater at near
If someone has inferior rectus problem what will they present with?
Hyper and exo deviation
If someone has superior rectus problem what will they present with?
Bilateral, in V exo pattern
If someone has an inferior oblique problem what will they present with?
An eso pattern
What is affected in a double elevator palsy?
SR and IO of the same eye are affected
So they will have no elevation in abduction or adduction
What is usually present in a double elevator palsy?
Bells phenomenon
What are the two etiologies of a double elevator palsy?
- congenital
- Supra nuclear defect
What is bells phenomenon?
When you ask someone to close their eye but they cant and the eye just moves up
What are 5 differential diagnoses of a double elevator palsy?
will they have a positive off negative forced duction test?
- blowout fracture
- thyroid eye disease
- browns
- congenital fibrosis of the IR
- general fibrosis syndrome
they will have a positive forced duction
What is another name for a double depressor palsy?
Monocular depression deficiency
In a double depressor palsy what two muscles are affected?
IR and SO (so there will be no depression in abduction or adduction)
If someone has a double depressor palsy how will their head be tilted?
Down (chin depressed) to compensate of hypertropic eye
What are the 4 types of neurogenic palsies?
- supranuclear (cortical control, BG, SC, thalamus, VA, cerebellum)
- internuclear
- nuclear (brainstem, ocular motor cranial nerve nuclei)
- infranuclear (ocular motor nerves and EOMs)
What are the 8 etiologies of a neurogenic palsy?
- congenital
- traumatic
- inflammatory
- neoplastic
- ischemic
- toxic
- demyelination
- idiopathic
What are 7 supranuclear palsy classifications?
- Lesions above the level of Ocular Motor Nerve Nuclei
- Gaze palsies
- Tonic gaze deviation
- Saccadic and smooth pursuit disorders
- Vergence abnormalities
- Nystagmus
- Ocular oscillations
An internuclear palsy can be caused by a lesion of what?
Medial longitudinal fasciculus
Internuclear palsies are caused by?
- MS in younger patients
- vascular origin in elderly patients
If someone has a internuclear palsy can they converge?
Yes since the CN3 isnt affected
What are 5 presentations of a nuclear palsy?
- Unilateral CN III with bilateral ptosis
- Unilateral CN III with contralateral superior rectus underaction
- Isolated extraocular muscle palsy of inferior rectus, inferior oblique, or medial rectus
- Brown’s Syndrome
- Bilateral CN III with spared levator function
What nerves are affected if someone has a infra-nuclear palsy?
CN 3, 4, 6
In a CN3 palsy, if the pupil is spared its most likely cause is?
Vascular
In a CN3 palsy, if the pupil is not spared its most likely cause is?
Aneurysm
If someone had a head trauma what is the most common CN palsy they will have?
CN4
If someone has diplopia in lateral gaze, what kind of palsy would you think this is?
CN6 palsy
If someone has diplopia in vertical gaze, what kind of palsy would you think this is?
CN3 or CN4
If you suspect an aneurysm or a neoplasm what should you do?
Seek immediate care
If you suspect an aneurysm what tests should you order?
Angiography or MRA
If you suspect someone as a neoplasm what tests should you order?
MRI or CT scan
When does an ischemia usually occur?
> 40 yoa
If someone had an ischemia will this be sudden or slow occurring?
Sudden
How long does it take an ischemia to resolve on its own?
3 months
What are some ways to manage a strabismus?
- glasses
- occlusion
- Botox
- surgery
What is the first step in managing strabismic symptoms?
Glasses
A prism used for short-term treatment of diplopia, but can also be used long term
Fresnel prism
Which eye do you place fresnel prism over?
Non-dominant eye
A common treatment for acute paralytic strabismus due to unilateral CN6 palsy
Botox
Neurotoxic protein that prevents the release of neurotransmitter acetylcholine from axon endings at the neuromuscular junction, resulting in paralysis
Botox
What are some temporary side effects of Botox?
- Soreness at injection site
- Weakness in the muscles that were injected
- Muscle soreness that affects your whole body
- Difficulty swallowing
- A red rash that lasts several days after the injections
What is a treatment for long term fixing of a strabismus?
Surgery