Journal Reviews

Trochleitis features

1 April 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Brown syndrome, headache, primary trochlear headache, trochlear inflammation, trochleitis

The authors evaluate the epidemiology, clinical signs, treatment and outcomes of trochleitis in a retrospective review of 59 cases. Estimated prevalence was 12 per 100,000. Eighty-six percent were female and mean age was 43±18 years. All but one case was...

Literature review of isolated ocular motor nerve palsies

1 June 2015 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Abducens, cranial nerve, microvascular ischaemia, oculomoto, trochlear

Patients aged over 50 presenting with isolated nerve palsies of the third (pupil sparring), fourth or sixth nerves, are often described as having microvascular extraocular palsies. This review looks critically at the evidence surrounding these microvascular non-arteritic extraocular palsies and...