Duane retraction syndrome type I, Marcus Gunn jaw-winking and crocodile tears in the same eye

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2010 Dec 22:47 Online:e1-3. doi: 10.3928/01913913-20101217-04.

Abstract

Duane retraction syndrome type I, Marcus Gunn jaw-winking and crocodile tears are all syndromes of congenital aberrant innervation. The authors describe a 17-month-old boy with Duane retraction syndrome type I, Marcus Gunn Jaw-winking, and crocodile tears in the same eye and discuss the proposed mechanisms of these conditions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blepharoptosis / diagnosis*
  • Blepharoptosis / physiopathology
  • Duane Retraction Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Duane Retraction Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Eyelids / innervation
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Jaw Abnormalities / diagnosis*
  • Jaw Abnormalities / physiopathology
  • Jaw*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Oculomotor Muscles / innervation
  • Oculomotor Nerve / abnormalities
  • Reflex, Abnormal
  • Tears / physiology
  • Trigeminal Nerve / abnormalities

Supplementary concepts

  • Marcus Gunn phenomenon