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Synkinesis between facial nerve and oculomotor nerve. A case report. 1998

C Lemke, and I el Bably

Institute of Anatomy I, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.

We present a case history of a young man suffering from a facial-oculomotor synkinesis. The findings speak in favour of an acquired synkinesis due to trauma. Most probably the injury occurred in the midbrain, in the area of the vertical gaze control center and/or the area of the levator palpebrae motoneurons. A congenital synkinesis due to embryonic malformation seems to be unlikely, because at birth no restriction of the eye-ball motility was present.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008636	Mesencephalon	The middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. Without further subdivision, midbrain develops into a short, constricted portion connecting the PONS and the DIENCEPHALON. Midbrain contains two major parts, the dorsal TECTUM MESENCEPHALI and the ventral TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI, housing components of auditory, visual, and other sensorimoter systems.	Midbrain,Mesencephalons,Midbrains
D009119	Muscle Contraction	A process leading to shortening and/or development of tension in muscle tissue. Muscle contraction occurs by a sliding filament mechanism whereby actin filaments slide inward among the myosin filaments.	Inotropism,Muscular Contraction,Contraction, Muscle,Contraction, Muscular,Contractions, Muscle,Contractions, Muscular,Inotropisms,Muscle Contractions,Muscular Contractions
D009802	Oculomotor Nerve	The 3d cranial nerve. The oculomotor nerve sends motor fibers to the levator muscles of the eyelid and to the superior rectus, inferior rectus, and inferior oblique muscles of the eye. It also sends parasympathetic efferents (via the ciliary ganglion) to the muscles controlling pupillary constriction and accommodation. The motor fibers originate in the oculomotor nuclei of the midbrain.	Cranial Nerve III,Third Cranial Nerve,Nerve III,Nervus Oculomotorius,Cranial Nerve IIIs,Cranial Nerve, Third,Cranial Nerves, Third,Nerve IIIs,Nerve, Oculomotor,Nerve, Third Cranial,Nerves, Oculomotor,Nerves, Third Cranial,Oculomotor Nerves,Oculomotorius, Nervus,Third Cranial Nerves
D001930	Brain Injuries	Acute and chronic (see also BRAIN INJURIES, CHRONIC) injuries to the brain, including the cerebral hemispheres, CEREBELLUM, and BRAIN STEM. Clinical manifestations depend on the nature of injury. Diffuse trauma to the brain is frequently associated with DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY or COMA, POST-TRAUMATIC. Localized injuries may be associated with NEUROBEHAVIORAL MANIFESTATIONS; HEMIPARESIS, or other focal neurologic deficits.	Brain Lacerations,Acute Brain Injuries,Brain Injuries, Acute,Brain Injuries, Focal,Focal Brain Injuries,Injuries, Acute Brain,Injuries, Brain,Acute Brain Injury,Brain Injury,Brain Injury, Acute,Brain Injury, Focal,Brain Laceration,Focal Brain Injury,Injuries, Focal Brain,Injury, Acute Brain,Injury, Brain,Injury, Focal Brain,Laceration, Brain,Lacerations, Brain
D003389	Cranial Nerve Diseases	Disorders of one or more of the twelve cranial nerves. With the exception of the optic and olfactory nerves, this includes disorders of the brain stem nuclei from which the cranial nerves originate or terminate.	Cranial Neuropathies,Cranial Neuropathies, Multiple,Neuropathies, Cranial,Cranial Nerve Disorders,Cranial Nerve Palsies,Nervus Cranialis Disorders,Cranial Nerve Disease,Cranial Nerve Disorder,Cranial Nerve Palsy,Cranial Neuropathy,Cranial Neuropathy, Multiple,Multiple Cranial Neuropathies,Multiple Cranial Neuropathy,Nervus Cranialis Disorder,Neuropathies, Multiple Cranial,Neuropathy, Cranial,Neuropathy, Multiple Cranial,Palsies, Cranial Nerve,Palsy, Cranial Nerve
D005154	Facial Nerve	The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the facial nerve proper, and the smaller intermediate or sensory root. Together they provide efferent innervation to the muscles of facial expression and to the lacrimal and SALIVARY GLANDS, and convey afferent information for TASTE from the anterior two-thirds of the TONGUE and for TOUCH from the EXTERNAL EAR.	Cranial Nerve VII,Marginal Mandibular Branch,Marginal Mandibular Nerve,Seventh Cranial Nerve,Nerve VII,Nerve of Wrisberg,Nervus Facialis,Nervus Intermedius,Nervus Intermedius of Wrisberg,Cranial Nerve VIIs,Cranial Nerve, Seventh,Facial Nerves,Mandibular Nerve, Marginal,Mandibular Nerves, Marginal,Marginal Mandibular Nerves,Nerve VIIs,Nerve, Facial,Nerve, Marginal Mandibular,Nerve, Seventh Cranial,Nerves, Marginal Mandibular,Nervus Faciali,Seventh Cranial Nerves,Wrisberg Nerve,Wrisberg Nervus Intermedius
D005155	Facial Nerve Diseases	Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fascicle. The nerve may be involved intracranially, along its course through the petrous portion of the temporal bone, or along its extracranial course. Clinical manifestations include facial muscle weakness, loss of taste from the anterior tongue, hyperacusis, and decreased lacrimation.	Acquired Facial Neuropathy,Cranial Nerve VII Diseases,Facial Myokymia,Facial Neuropathy,Geniculate Ganglionitis,Cranial Nerve VII Disorders,Facial Nerve Disorders,Facial Nerve Motor Disorders,Facial Nerve Sensory Disorders,Facial Neuritis,Familial Facial Neuropathy,Motor Disorders, Facial Nerve,Sensory Disorders, Facial Nerve,Seventh Cranial Nerve Diseases,Acquired Facial Neuropathies,Disease, Facial Nerve,Diseases, Facial Nerve,Disorder, Facial Nerve,Disorders, Facial Nerve,Facial Myokymias,Facial Nerve Disease,Facial Nerve Disorder,Facial Neuritides,Facial Neuropathies,Facial Neuropathies, Acquired,Facial Neuropathies, Familial,Facial Neuropathy, Acquired,Facial Neuropathy, Familial,Familial Facial Neuropathies,Ganglionitides, Geniculate,Ganglionitis, Geniculate,Geniculate Ganglionitides,Myokymia, Facial,Myokymias, Facial,Neuritides, Facial,Neuritis, Facial,Neuropathies, Facial,Neuropathies, Familial Facial,Neuropathy, Facial,Neuropathy, Familial Facial
D005158	Facial Paralysis	Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or peripheral lesions. Damage to CNS motor pathways from the cerebral cortex to the facial nuclei in the pons leads to facial weakness that generally spares the forehead muscles. FACIAL NERVE DISEASES generally results in generalized hemifacial weakness. NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISEASES and MUSCULAR DISEASES may also cause facial paralysis or paresis.	Facial Palsy,Hemifacial Paralysis,Facial Palsy, Lower Motor Neuron,Facial Palsy, Upper Motor Neuron,Facial Paralysis, Central,Facial Paralysis, Peripheral,Facial Paresis,Lower Motor Neuron Facial Palsy,Upper Motor Neuron Facial Palsy,Central Facial Paralyses,Central Facial Paralysis,Facial Palsies,Facial Paralyses, Central,Facial Paralyses, Peripheral,Palsies, Facial,Palsy, Facial,Paralyses, Central Facial,Paralyses, Facial,Paralyses, Hemifacial,Paralysis, Central Facial,Paralysis, Facial,Paralysis, Hemifacial,Paralysis, Peripheral Facial,Pareses, Facial,Paresis, Facial,Peripheral Facial Paralysis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man