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Abnormal inferior oblique muscle physiology

MedGen UID:
1632780
Concept ID:
C4703406
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0025596

Definition

A functional anomaly of the inferior oblique muscle, an extraocular muscle that has its origin on the maxillary bone just posterior to the inferior medial orbital rim and lateral to the nasolacrimal canal and that is innervated by the inferior branch of the oculomotor nerve. [from HPO]

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PubMed

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Etiology

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Diagnosis

Oystreck DT
J Binocul Vis Ocul Motil 2018 Jan-Mar;68(1):31-33. Epub 2018 Jan 31 doi: 10.1080/2576117X.2017.1416242. PMID: 30196776
Chan D, Sokoya M, Ducic Y
Facial Plast Surg 2017 Dec;33(6):598-605. Epub 2017 Dec 1 doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1608711. PMID: 29195240
Horn AK, Leigh RJ
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;102:21-69. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52903-9.00008-X. PMID: 21601062
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Optometry 2006 Nov;77(11):540-6. doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2006.06.014. PMID: 17145565
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Therapy

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Prognosis

Chan D, Sokoya M, Ducic Y
Facial Plast Surg 2017 Dec;33(6):598-605. Epub 2017 Dec 1 doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1608711. PMID: 29195240
Singh A, Pandey PK, Agrawal A, Mittal SK, Rana KM, Bahuguna C
Int Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;37(6):1369-1381. Epub 2016 Nov 11 doi: 10.1007/s10792-016-0388-z. PMID: 27837354
Rosenberg JB, Tepper OM, Medow NB
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2013 May-Jun;50(3):140-8. Epub 2012 Nov 20 doi: 10.3928/01913913-20121113-02. PMID: 23163259
Horn AK, Leigh RJ
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;102:21-69. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52903-9.00008-X. PMID: 21601062
Gurwood AS, Drake J
Optometry 2006 Nov;77(11):540-6. doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2006.06.014. PMID: 17145565

Clinical prediction guides

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Recent systematic reviews

Hirsig A, Barbey C, Schüpbach MWM, Bargiotas P
Acta Neurol Scand 2020 May;141(5):359-367. Epub 2020 Feb 12 doi: 10.1111/ane.13224. PMID: 31990980
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