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Double depressor palsy

MedGen UID:
573281
•Concept ID:
C0339644
•
Disease or Syndrome
SNOMED CT: Double depressor palsy (232110001)
 
HPO: HP:0020042

Definition

An ocular movement abnormality characterized by simultaneous weakness of the inferior rectus muscle and superior oblique muscle of the same eye. [from HPO]

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CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDouble depressor palsy

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Diagnosis

A case of double depressor palsy followed by pursuit deficit due to sequential infarction in bilateral thalamus and right medial superior temporal area.
Kim SJ, Yeom MI, Lee SU
Int Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;37(6):1353-1363. Epub 2016 Dec 5 doi: 10.1007/s10792-016-0407-0. PMID: 27921204
A case of ocular myasthenia gravis presenting as double depressor palsy.
Lee K, Kim US
Korean J Ophthalmol 2014 Apr;28(2):194-6. Epub 2014 Mar 14 doi: 10.3341/kjo.2014.28.2.194. PMID: 24688267Free PMC Article
Acquired double depressor palsy.
Nayak BK, Menon V, Prakash P
Indian J Ophthalmol 1983 Mar;31(2):77-8. PMID: 6662574

Clinical prediction guides

A case of double depressor palsy followed by pursuit deficit due to sequential infarction in bilateral thalamus and right medial superior temporal area.
Kim SJ, Yeom MI, Lee SU
Int Ophthalmol 2017 Dec;37(6):1353-1363. Epub 2016 Dec 5 doi: 10.1007/s10792-016-0407-0. PMID: 27921204

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