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Name 2 Cause of 2nd order horner
- Apical lung ca
2. Thor ao aneurysm
4 Causes of 1st order horners
- Wallenberg syndrome
- Stroke
- Demyalinating disease of cervical spine
- Cervical disc dz
Name 3 causes of 3rd order horners
- Ica dissection
- Cav sinus thrombosis
- Cluster ha
Whats wallenberg syndrome?
Infarct of lateral medulla 2/2 pica stroke affects ipsilateral horners (1st order)
What male color blindness called
Deuteranomalous
What are the normal limits of a visual field?
60 degrees sup
60 nasal
75 infrior
110 temporal
What does homonomous mean?
Is it on the same side of the vertical meridien?
What are the two lhon genes
11778 worse prog
14484 better prog
Whats behrs syndrome?
Infant hereditary optic neuropathy autosomal recess
Mr
Incontinence
What is tensilon?
Ach-ase inhibitor
Therefore puts ach there
Whats lambert eaton?
Mg-like syndrome
But problem is no release of ach from presynaptic terminal
How does lambert eaton present?
Fatigue in the am that gets better over the day
What malignancy is lambert eaton associated with?
Sc lung ca
Whats kerns sayre?
Cpeo
Pigmentary retinopathy
Heart block
Order of muscles effected by thyroid
Imslo
Whats oculopharyngeal dyatrophy?
Cpeo w dysphagia in french canadians
Whats the #1 modifiable risk factor for thyroid orbitopathy?
Quit smoking
Whats the pathway of a horizontal saccade if you want to look right?
Left frontal eyefields–> parietal eye fields–> superior colliculus of midbr–> pprf that connects cn3 and 6
What part of the brain are you testing w an okn drum?
Parietal lobe bc youre checking the horizontal saccade pathway
Whats the pathway for vertical saccades?
Frontal eye fields–> ipsilateral rostral interstitial nucleus of the mlf
Whats the interstitial nucleua of cajal?
Integrates the saccadic signals for upgaze and downgaze
Name 4 causes of slow saccades
1) pprf lesion
2) ino
3) anticonvulsants
4) paraneoplastic sx
What causes an ino?
Disruption of mlf extending from midbr to pons
What are two causes of ino
Ms
Stroke
How does ino present?
Ipsilateral adduction deficit w contralateral abduction nystagmus
Whats one and a half syndrome? (Right side)
Right mlf = cannot adduct od
Ipsilateral cn6 or pprf= cannot abduct od and yoke cannot adduct os bc pprf controls total gaze to the right
All thats left is contralateral cn6 abduction
What does “supranuclear” mean?
Involuntary control centers in the cortex
What would a stroke of the right frontal eye fields cause?
Eyes deviate toward the lesion (to the right) bc of unopposed signaling from left frontal eye fields
What are the 4 signs of dorsal midbrain syndrome?
1) upgaze palsy
2) colliers sign(bl lid retraction)
3) light near dissociation
4) convergence retraction nystagmus (on attempt to look up eyes nystagmus)
Whats the ddx of light near dissociation?
1) adies pupil (decr parasymp inn to pupil)
2) syphillis
3) dorsal midbr syndrome
What are 4 findings in psp?
1) slow saccades esp DOWNwARD
2) rigidity
3) dysphagia
4) apraxia of lid opening ( cant open eyes)
Fatal in 6 yrs
What are the findings in convergence spasm?
Miosis
Blurry vision
Et
Rx w cyclogyl and weak minus lenses
Whats the 1 finding in convergence insufficiency?
**Exotropia greater at near than distance of at least 10 pd **
Cannot bring eyes in
Rx w pencil pushups
Whats a skew deviation?
A hyper or hypo that doesnt fit into cn4 palsy. Its caused by vestibular issue
Whats miller fisher syndrome?
Variant of guillian barre
Goes from top down
Causes cn6 palsy
Anti Gq1b
Whats pendular nystagmus?
Both phases of the nystagmus are slow
Whats jerk nystagmus?
Type of nystagmus that has a slow and fast phase
Whats infantile nystagmus syndrome?o
Starts in first mnths of life
Can be jerk or pendular
Picks up w monocular occlusion
Can treat w kestenbaum procedure
Whats latent nystagmus?
Occurs w infantile et
Quick phase toward the fixing eye
4 causes of downbeat nystagmus
1) ms
2) lithium
3) arnold chiari (malformation of posterior fossa allows downward herniation thru foramen magnum)
4) mag deficiency
What causes upbeat nystagmus?
Midbr or cerebellar lesion
Ms
Tumor
What type of nystagmus does ms cause?
Any type!!’
Bc there can be demyelinating lasions in any part of brain
What area of brain does torsional nystagmus localize to?
Ponto-medullary junction
Where does see saw nystagmus localize to?
Sella
Whats periodic alternating nystagmus and how to treat?
Nystagmus switches directions q minute.
Seen in ms
Rx w baclofen
Where does ocular bobbing localize to?
Pons
Whats see saw nystagmus?
One eye goes down and the other goes up
What drugs can you use for oscillopsia from nystgmus?
Baclofen
Gabapentin
Memantine
Whats opsoclonus (very testable)
Saccadomania!!
What are causes of opsoclonus?
Infectious
Paraneoplastic (neuroblastoma in kids!!!!)
Drugs
Get mri
Whats superior oblique myokymia?
Spasm of cn4
How do you treat sup oblique myokymia? 3 possibilities
Propranolol
Ganapentin
Superior oblique tenectomy
What should u suspect w pain and cn3 signs?
Pcom aneurysm
Whats webers syndrome
Cn3 w contralat hemiparesis
Whats benedicts syndrome
Cn3 palsy w contalateral tremor
Whats the ddx of multiple cn palsy?
Pituitary apoplexy
Cav sinus
Growing tumor
Tolosa hunt(inflamm of cav sinus)
How does pituitary apoplexy present?
Labile bp
Adrenal insuff
Give hydrocortisone immediatly
Findings in iih?
Opening pressure >250 mm h2o Normal neuroimaging Empty sella Nausea Enlarged bs Papilledema Tinnitus Choroidal folds
How do you work up iih?
Check mri and mrv ( thrombosis of cerebral sinus) and LP
How would a lesion of superior optic disc present of vf?
Inf altitudnal defect
How does a lesion of the papillomacular bundle present on vf?
Cecocentral scotoma or central scotoma