Superior Oblique Myokymia

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Identifier 2-19
Title Superior Oblique Myokymia
Creator Kathleen B. Digre, MD
Contributors Daniel M. Jacobson, MD (1956-2003)
Affiliation (KBD) Professor of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; (DMJ) Neuro-Ophthalmologist, Marshfield Clinic, University Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Subject Superior Oblique Myokymia; Third Nerve Palsy
Description Example of patients with superior oblique myokymia, a saccadic intrusion. First patient is seen to have intermittent, intorting movements with superimposed slight vertical deviations in right eye. Discussion of disorder as benign, but frequently disabling, as patients experience episodes of diplopia. Second patient shows a more prominent example of superior oblique myokymia in the left eye. Discussion of how to evoke the movement by having the patient gaze in the direction of the superior oblique muscle, and then back to forward gaze.
Date 1986
Language eng
Format video/mp4
Type Image/MovingImage
Source Original Format: VHS Videotape; Play length: 2:02; QT CD File Size: 39.1MB; Real CD File Size: 17.1MB; WMV CD File Size: 24.2MB
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Moran Eye Center Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/Moran/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1986. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6j70f6z
Setname ehsl_novel_jmec
ID 180322
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j70f6z
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