Ocular Myasthenia Mimicking Third Nerve Palsy

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Identifier DIII3-Winterkorn
Title Ocular Myasthenia Mimicking Third Nerve Palsy
Creator Jacqueline Winterkorn, MD, PhD (1947-2015)
Affiliation Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York City, New York
Subject Ocular Myasthenia; Third Nerve Palsy; Ptosis; Diplopia; Cogan's Lid Twitch
Description 66 year old man with ptosis OS and diplopia, slow saccades and pattern of a third nerve palsy. He shows a Cogan's lid twitch. Differential diagnosis is cavernous sinus lesion vs myasthenia. The Sleep test shows his eye open and he is diagnosed with myasthenia. His ocular myasthenia mimicked a third nerve palsy.
Date Digital 2015
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library - Jacqueline Winterkorn Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Winterkorn/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, 10 N 1900 E SLC, UT 84112-5890
Rights Management Copyright 2011. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
File Name DIII3-Winterkorn
ARK ark:/87278/s6hh9h73
Setname ehsl_novel_jw
ID 180158
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hh9h73
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