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MeSH Heading: Ocular Motility Disorders
Tree Number(s): C10.228.758; C10.292.562; C11.590
Unique ID: D015835
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015835
Scope Note: Disorders that feature impairment of eye movements as a primary manifestation of disease. These conditions may be divided into infranuclear, nuclear, and supranuclear disorders. Diseases of the eye muscles or oculomotor cranial nerves (III, IV, and VI) are considered infranuclear. Nuclear disorders are caused by disease of the oculomotor, trochlear, or abducens nuclei in the BRAIN STEM. Supranuclear disorders are produced by dysfunction of higher order sensory and motor systems that control eye movements, including neural networks in the CEREBRAL CORTEX; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; and BRAIN STEM. Ocular torticollis refers to a head tilt that is caused by an ocular misalignment. Opsoclonus refers to rapid, conjugate oscillations of the eyes in multiple directions, which may occur as a parainfectious or paraneoplastic condition (e.g., OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS SYNDROME). (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p240)
Entry Version: OCULAR MOTILITY DIS
Entry Term(s): Brown Tendon Sheath Syndrome; Brown's Tendon Sheath Syndrome; Convergence Excess; Convergence Insufficiency; Cyclophoria; Deficiency, Smooth Pursuit; Eye Motility Disorders; Eye Movement Disorders; Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia; Ocular Torticollis; Opsoclonus; Parinaud Syndrome; Parinaud's Syndrome; Paroxysmal Ocular Dyskinesia; Pseudoophthalmoplegia; Skew Deviation; Smooth Pursuit Deficiency; Spasm of Conjugate Gaze; Syndrome, Brown's Tendon Sheath; Tendon Sheath Syndrome of Brown
NLM Classification #: WW 410
Previous Indexing: Ophthalmoplegia (1966-1989); specific eye disease (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 1990
History Note: 1990
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/05/25
Revision Date: 1999/12/08

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Ocular Motility Disorders Preferred

Concept UI: M0024250
Scope Note: Disorders that feature impairment of eye movements as a primary manifestation of disease. These conditions may be divided into infranuclear, nuclear, and supranuclear disorders. Diseases of the eye muscles or oculomotor cranial nerves (III, IV, and VI) are considered infranuclear. Nuclear disorders are caused by disease of the oculomotor, trochlear, or abducens nuclei in the BRAIN STEM. Supranuclear disorders are produced by dysfunction of higher order sensory and motor systems that control eye movements, including neural networks in the CEREBRAL CORTEX; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; and BRAIN STEM. Ocular torticollis refers to a head tilt that is caused by an ocular misalignment. Opsoclonus refers to rapid, conjugate oscillations of the eyes in multiple directions, which may occur as a parainfectious or paraneoplastic condition (e.g., OPSOCLONUS-MYOCLONUS SYNDROME). (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p240)
Terms: Ocular Motility Disorders Preferred Term
Term UI T046949
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990); Eye Movement Disorders
Term UI T046950
Date04/11/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Eye Motility Disorders
Term UI T046948
Date03/21/1989
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1990)

Convergence Excess Narrower

Convergence Insufficiency Narrower

Cyclophoria Narrower

Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Narrower

Spasm of Conjugate Gaze Narrower

Opsoclonus Narrower

Parinaud Syndrome Narrower

Paroxysmal Ocular Dyskinesia Narrower

Pseudoophthalmoplegia Narrower

Skew Deviation Narrower

Smooth Pursuit Deficiency Narrower

Brown Tendon Sheath Syndrome Related

Ocular Torticollis Narrower

Ocular Motility Disorders MeSH Descriptor Data 2023