Pseudo-Apraxia of Eyelid Opening Associated with a Sphenoid Wing Meningioma

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Identifier 20030210_nanos_posters_026
Title Pseudo-Apraxia of Eyelid Opening Associated with a Sphenoid Wing Meningioma
Creator Robert A. Egan
Affiliation Portland, OR
Subject Apraxia of Eyelid Opening; Meningioma; Aberrant Regeneration
Description Apraxia of eyelid opening has been described in neurodegenerative disorders as well as in patients with right frontal lobe stroke. The mechanism is unknown, but believed to be of supranuclear origin. The author describes a case of a patient with injury to the 3rd, 4th, and 6th cranial nerves unilaterally from a sphenoid wing meningioma that displays characteristics of a monocular apraxia of eyelid opening.
Date 2003-02-11
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2003 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2003: Poster Presentations
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2010. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s65f1z9j
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181537
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65f1z9j
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