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04 Eye Movements
04 Eye Movements
04 Eye Movements
Lateral Medial
Rectus Rectus
Inferior
Oblique
Inferior
Blue = CN III Rectus
CN III
Red = CN IV (Trochlear)
Raise Eyelid
Green = CN VI (Abducens)
Constrict Pupil
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Eye Nerve Palsies
• Oculomotor (III)
• Trochlear (IV)
• Abducens (VI)
• Many causes: strokes, tumors, aneurysms
Terminology
• Move eye away from nose
• Lateral
• Abduction
• Move eye toward nose
• Medial
• Adduction
Diplopia
• Two different images of same object
• Diplopia due to nerve palsies is binocular
• Resolves when one eye is covered
• Monocular diplopia: usually lens problem (astigmatism)
Wang Y, Wang XH, Tian MM, Xie CJ, Liu Y, Pan QQ, Lu YN
Trochlear (IV)
• Superior oblique
• Turns eye down; intorsion
• Reading/stairs
• Palsy symptoms
• Diplopia
• Eye tilted outward
• Unable to look down/in (stairs, reading)
• Head tilting away from affected side (to compensate)
Abducens (VI)
• Lateral rectus
• Affected eye may be pulled medially at rest
• Problems worse on horizontal gaze
• Affected eye can’t move laterally
Right VI Lesion R L
Rest
R L
Right Gaze
Estropia
• Type of strabismus (misalignment of the eyes)
• Inward turning of one or both eyes
• Can be seen in CN VI palsy
Kakawere/Wikipedia
Pseudotumor Cerebri
• High intracranial pressure (ICP) can cause CN VI palsy
• Nerve course highly susceptible to pressure forces
• Sometimes bilateral palsy
• May see papilledema on fundoscopy
• Classic patient:
• Overweight woman
• Childbearing age
• Headaches