Ptosis after motorcycle accident. 2021

Robert Gotfried, and Richard P Usatine
Department of Family and Community Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine & Wexner Medical Center, Westerville.

A motorcycle accident precipitated by a health emergency led to loss of eye function. Advanced imaging revealed the diagnosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009049 Motorcycles Two-wheeled, engine-driven vehicles. Mopeds,Moped,Motorcycle
D001763 Blepharoptosis Drooping of the upper lid due to deficient development or paralysis of the levator palpebrae muscle. Ptosis, Eyelid,Blepharoptoses,Eyelid Ptoses,Eyelid Ptosis,Ptoses, Eyelid
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000059 Accidents Unexpected and unintentional events, typically resulting in ACCIDENTAL INJURIES. Accident
D015840 Oculomotor Nerve Diseases Diseases of the oculomotor nerve or nucleus that result in weakness or paralysis of the superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, inferior oblique, or levator palpebrae muscles, or impaired parasympathetic innervation to the pupil. With a complete oculomotor palsy, the eyelid will be paralyzed, the eye will be in an abducted and inferior position, and the pupil will be markedly dilated. Commonly associated conditions include neoplasms, CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, ischemia (especially in association with DIABETES MELLITUS), and aneurysmal compression. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p270) Cranial Nerve III Diseases,Third-Nerve Palsy,Oculomotor Nerve Disorders,Oculomotor Nerve Palsy,Oculomotor Nerve Paralysis,Oculomotor Neuropathy,Partial Third-Nerve Palsy,Third Cranial Nerve Diseases,Third-Nerve Paralysis,Total Third-Nerve Palsy,Nerve Disease, Oculomotor,Nerve Disorder, Oculomotor,Nerve Palsy, Oculomotor,Nerve Paralysis, Oculomotor,Neuropathy, Oculomotor,Oculomotor Nerve Disease,Oculomotor Nerve Disorder,Oculomotor Nerve Palsies,Oculomotor Nerve Paralyses,Oculomotor Neuropathies,Palsy, Oculomotor Nerve,Palsy, Partial Third-Nerve,Palsy, Third-Nerve,Palsy, Total Third-Nerve,Paralysis, Oculomotor Nerve,Paralysis, Third-Nerve,Partial Third Nerve Palsy,Partial Third-Nerve Palsies,Third Nerve Palsy,Third Nerve Paralysis,Third-Nerve Palsies,Third-Nerve Palsies, Partial,Third-Nerve Palsy, Partial,Third-Nerve Palsy, Total,Third-Nerve Paralyses,Total Third Nerve Palsy,Total Third-Nerve Palsies
D020300 Intracranial Hemorrhages Bleeding within the SKULL, including hemorrhages in the brain and the three membranes of MENINGES. The escape of blood often leads to the formation of HEMATOMA in the cranial epidural, subdural, and subarachnoid spaces. Brain Hemorrhage,Hemorrhage, Intracranial,Posterior Fossa Hemorrhage,Brain Hemorrhages,Hemorrhage, Brain,Hemorrhage, Posterior Fossa,Hemorrhages, Brain,Hemorrhages, Intracranial,Hemorrhages, Posterior Fossa,Intracranial Hemorrhage,Posterior Fossa Hemorrhages

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