Transient oculomotor synkinesis in temporal arteritis
P. A. Sibony and S. Lessell
In a patient with temporal arteritis, ophthalmoplegia developed associated
with a transient oculomotor synkinesis or aberrant regeneration. The
synkinesis suggests that the ophthalmoplegia was neurogenic rather than
myogenic. Based on published experiments, it appears that transient
synkinesis is compatible with the hypothesis that aberrant regeneration of
axons in the third nerve is the cause of oculomotor synkinesis.
