Block 11 Flashcards
What is a strabismus
Person cannot not align both eyes simultaneously under normal conditions. It can move in, out, up, or down
Can be constant or intermittent
What are the causes of strabismus
Congenital
Accommodative ET
Abnormal visual development
Neurological
What are the types of strabismus
CN palsy
Neurological diseases
Post. Fossa tumor
Increased ICP
LR
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary action
1: abduct
2: none
3: none
MR
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
1: adduct
2: none
3: none
SR
Primary:
Secondary:
Tertiary:
1: elevate
2: intort
3: adduct
IO
Primary
Secondary
Teritary
1: extort
2: elevate
3: abduct
IR
Primary:
Secondary:
Tertiary:
1: depress
2: extort
3: adduct
SO
Primary:
Secondary:
Tertiary:
1: intort
2: depress
3: abduct
What are the symptoms of cranial nerve paralysis
Double vision Blurry vision Decreased peripheral vision HA Dizziness
CN 3 innervates what…
SR MR IR IO Superior palpebral EW nucleus
How does a CN 3 palsy appear
Down and out
Ptosis
Dilated pupil, no accommodation
What are the common causes of CN3 palsy in children
Congenital
Vascular
Tumor
What are the common causes of CN 3 palsy in adults
Demyelination disease
Vascular
Tumor
Diabetes
What are the common causes of CN 3 palsy in elderly
Vascular
Tumor
What are some causes of CN3 palsy
Ischemic/vascular Intracranial aneurysm Neoplasm Trauma Migraine Inflammatory Infectious
What test would you do on CN 3 palsy
CH External exam VA CT (exo, hypo) EOMs Pupils NPC Accommodation testing Hess-lancaster
What palsy is most common in children
CN 4
What muscles are innervated by CN 4
SO
How does a CN 4 palsy appear
Eye is up and in
Compensatory head tilt to the opposite side of palsy
What nerve has the longest intracranial pathway
CN 4
Why can a CN 4 palsy cause ipsilateral Horner’s syndrome
Because it runs near the sympathetic fibers
What is the Horner’s syndrome triad
Miosis
Ptosis
Anhidrosis
What are common causes of CN 4 palsys in children
Abnormal development of CN4/peripheral nerves
What are the common causes of CN 4 palsy
#1 idiopathic #2 head trauma WITH loss of consciousness
What tests are performed for CN4 palsy
CH External exam CT EOMs Pupils Parks 3 step NPC Hess-Lancaster
What muscles are innervated by CN 6
LR
How does CN 6 palsy appear
Esotropia
Compensatory head turn towards the affected eye
What nerve has the longest external course through the cranium
CN 6
What injury is CN 6 susceptible to
Injury Increase ICP Mastoid infection Skull fracture Tumors
What is the presentation of CN 6 palsy
Ipsilateral paresis of LR
Convergent strabismus in temporal gaze
Lateral diplopia
Ipsilateral paresis of facial muscles
What palsy is most common in adults
CN 6
T/F the LR has 1 anterior ciliary muscle that innervates it
True
Why is the LR affected so much by ischemia
It has only one anterior ciliary muscle
What are some causes of CN 6 palsy
Trauma Aneurysm Ischemia Idiopathic Demyelination diseases Neoplasms Inflammation Meningitis
What tests are done in CN 6 palsy
CH External exam VA CT EOMs Hess-Lancaster
What is affected in Cavernous sinus palsy
CN 3, 4, V1, V2, 6, Horner’s
NOT the optic nerve
What is the number one cause of cavernous sinus palsy
Neoplasms
Carotid cavernous fistula, aneurysm, fungal infxn, inflammation
What is affected in orbital apex syndrome
CN 3, 4, v1, 6, Horner’s, Optic Nerve
What are the common causes of orbital apex syndrome
1 neoplasms
Fungal, inflammation
MR palsy causes
Exo
N>D
IR palsy
Hyper/exo
SR palsy
Bilateral
V exo pattern
IO palsy
Eso
What is affected in double elevator palsy
SR and IO of the SAME eye
How does double elevator palsy present
No elevation in abduction or adduction
Bells pheromones IS present
What is double depressor palsy (monocular depression deficiency)
IR and SO in the age eye are affected
How does double depressor syndrome appear
No depression in ab/adduction
Head is tilted down
What are causes of neurogenic palsys
Congenital Traumatic Inflammation Neoplastic Ischemic Toxic Demyelination diseases Idiopathic
Supranuclear palsy
Lesions above the oculomotor nerve nuclei
How does a supranuclear palsy appear
Gaze palsy Tonic gaze deviation Vergence anormality Saccadic/smooth pursuit disorders Nystagmus Ocular oscillations
What is internuclear palsy
Lesion of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
What are causes of internuclear palsy
MS in younger patients
Vascular in elderly
What is nuclear palsy
Unilateral CN3 with bilateral ptosis or SR underaction
Palsy of IR, IO, or MR
Browns syndrome
Bilateral CN 3- sparred levator function