Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia

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Contents 1 Etiology 2 Clinical-manifestations 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Etiology

• lesions of the medial longitudinal fasciculus
• especially in association with multiple sclerosis

Clinical-manifestations

• failure of adduction of horizontal gaze
• retention of convergence

More General Terms

• ophthalmoplegia (ophthalmoparesis)

Additional Terms

• adduction
• medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF)
• multiple sclerosis (MS)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO)