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2012 Series : July 17, 2012
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| A 25-year-old woman presented with a lifelong history of crossed eyes as shown in the pictures. Her vision is 20/30 in each eye unaided and refraction is OD +.50 and OS +.75. Her general health is good and she is employed as an assembler in a factory. No other family members are affected to the best of her knowledge. She is unmarried and has no children. She denies diplopia, but wishes to have her eyes straightened if possible. |
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When looking at this woman’s motility in 9 fields of gaze and her facial features you notice: |
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no apparent abduction of either eye |
| b. |
good adduction of either eye |
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a dull facial expression |
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narrowing of the palpebral fissure in the adducted eye on lateroversions |
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all of the above |
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(a), (b), and (c) |
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Your diagnosis in this case is: |
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clinical ocular myasthenia |
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Polands disease |
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bilateral Duane |
| d. |
Moebius syndrome |
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ectodactaly |
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This condition can be: |
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treated with surgery |
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sporadic in occurrence |
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present only in females |
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associated with involvement of as many as 5 cranial nerves |
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all of the above |
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(a), (b), and (d) |
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