Ptotic lid elevation during contralateral head tilt

J AAPOS. 2007 Jun;11(3):297-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2006.08.018. Epub 2006 Nov 2.

Abstract

Congenital abnormal synkinesis involving the eyelid, which is well described in the Marcus Gunn jaw-winking phenomenon, also has been reported in association with axons intended for facial musculature, extraocular muscles, and the pupil.(1,2) The subject of this report is a novel form in which the patient's ptotic eyelid elevated only during contralateral head tilt when the patient was upright, suggesting a congenital abnormality within the otolith-oculomotor pathway.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / congenital
  • Blepharoptosis / physiopathology*
  • Eyelids / innervation
  • Eyelids / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Head Movements*
  • Humans
  • Oculomotor Muscles / surgery
  • Oculomotor Nerve / abnormalities*
  • Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / congenital*
  • Posture*
  • Strabismus / surgery
  • Synkinesis / congenital
  • Synkinesis / physiopathology*