Bilateral superior oblique palsy

MedGen UID:: 699223
•Concept ID:: C1276004
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:	Bilateral superior oblique paralysis; Bilateral superior oblique paresis; Bilateral trochlear nerve palsy; Bilateral trochlear nerve paralysis; Bilateral trochlear nerve paresis
SNOMED CT:	Bilateral superior oblique palsy (400944001); Bilateral trochlear nerve paralysis (400944001); Bilateral superior oblique paresis (400944001); Bilateral trochlear nerve paresis (400944001); Bilateral trochlear nerve palsy (400944001); Bilateral superior oblique paralysis (400944001)

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PubMed

Superior oblique palsy: diagnosis and treatment.

Flanders M, Draper J
Can J Ophthalmol 1990 Feb;25(1):17-24. PMID: 2328432

The diagnosis and surgical management of acquired bilateral superior oblique palsy.

Price NC, Vickers S, Lee JP, Fells P
Eye (Lond) 1987;1 ( Pt 1):78-85. doi: 10.1038/eye.1987.12. PMID: 3556663

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Surgical Outcomes of Nonadjustable Modified Harada-Ito Surgery.

Yoon YS, Kim US
Korean J Ophthalmol 2021 Dec;35(6):443-447. Epub 2021 Sep 6 doi: 10.3341/kjo.2020.0017. PMID: 34488260 Free PMC Article

Adjustable Bilateral Superior Oblique Tendon Advancement for Bilateral Fourth Nerve Palsy.

Bata BM, Leske DA, Holmes JM
Am J Ophthalmol 2017 Jun;178:115-121. Epub 2017 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.03.028. PMID: 28366647 Free PMC Article

Bilateral superior oblique palsy: etiology and therapeutic options.

Merino PS, Rojas PL, Gómez De Liaño PS, Fukumitsu HM, Yáñez JM
Eur J Ophthalmol 2014 Mar-Apr;24(2):147-52. Epub 2013 Sep 5 doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000362. PMID: 24030536

Masked bilateral superior oblique palsy.

Esmail F, Flanders M
Can J Ophthalmol 2003 Oct;38(6):476-81. doi: 10.1016/s0008-4182(03)80026-1. PMID: 14620035

The diagnosis and surgical management of acquired bilateral superior oblique palsy.

Price NC, Vickers S, Lee JP, Fells P
Eye (Lond) 1987;1 ( Pt 1):78-85. doi: 10.1038/eye.1987.12. PMID: 3556663

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Diagnosis

Masked bilateral superior oblique palsy in children.

Dotan G, Roarty JD, Baker JD
J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2014 Nov-Dec;51(6):333-6. Epub 2014 Sep 16 doi: 10.3928/01913913-20140909-01. PMID: 25215515

Bilateral superior oblique palsy: etiology and therapeutic options.

Merino PS, Rojas PL, Gómez De Liaño PS, Fukumitsu HM, Yáñez JM
Eur J Ophthalmol 2014 Mar-Apr;24(2):147-52. Epub 2013 Sep 5 doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000362. PMID: 24030536

Masked bilateral superior oblique palsy.

Esmail F, Flanders M
Can J Ophthalmol 2003 Oct;38(6):476-81. doi: 10.1016/s0008-4182(03)80026-1. PMID: 14620035

Superior oblique palsy: diagnosis and treatment.

Flanders M, Draper J
Can J Ophthalmol 1990 Feb;25(1):17-24. PMID: 2328432

Diagnosis of superior oblique palsy.

Bixenman WW
J Clin Neuroophthalmol 1981 Sep;1(3):199-208. doi: 10.3109/01658108109004919. PMID: 6213662

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Therapy

Symptomatic excyclotorsion following inferior transposition of both medial rectus muscles in patients with bilateral trochlear nerve palsy.

Mikhail M, Smyth K, Boyle N, Marsh I
J AAPOS 2014 Oct;18(5):413-6. Epub 2014 Aug 10 doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.05.005. PMID: 25116408

Bilateral superior oblique palsy: etiology and therapeutic options.

Merino PS, Rojas PL, Gómez De Liaño PS, Fukumitsu HM, Yáñez JM
Eur J Ophthalmol 2014 Mar-Apr;24(2):147-52. Epub 2013 Sep 5 doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000362. PMID: 24030536

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