Glossary for Ophthalmoplegia

Medical terms related to Ophthalmoplegia or mentioned in this section include:

• Aarskog Syndrome: A rare genetic condition characterized by facial, hand, genital and growth abnormalities.
• Alcohol abuse: Excessive alcohol as a symptom of other conditions
• Alcoholism: High dependence on excessive amounts of alcohol.
• Angelman-Like Syndrome, X-linked: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation. Patients do eventually walk but then often lose this ability by the age of 10 years. Female carriers tend to have mild symptoms and males have severe symptoms - symptoms are variable to some degree.
• Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: A rare condition where inflammation of the brainstem results in various symptoms such as ataxia and ophthalmoplegia. The onset of symptoms is usually acute.
• Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE): A rare condition where inflammation of the brainstem results in various symptoms such as ataxia and ophthalmoplegia. The onset of symptoms is usually acute.
• Brain cancer: Cancer of the brain.
• Brain tumour: various extrinsic and intrinsic factors add up to to cause tumour in the brain
• Cerebral Aneurysm: Dangerous swelling of a brain blood vessel that may rupture.
• Cobra poisoning: The Cobra is a poisonous snake which can be found in Africa, Asia and other parts of the world. Some cobras are able to spit venom into the victims eye and cause serious symptoms.
• Diabetes: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Eye movement symptoms: Symptoms affecting the movement of the eye
• Eye symptoms: Symptoms affecting the eye
• Fibrosis of extraocular muscles, congenital (FEOM): A group of rare congenital disorders of eye movement. The condition is caused by the dysfunction of the muscles that control eye movement or by the innervation of these muscles by the third cranial nerve (oculomotor nerve). The condition is not progressive.
• Graves Disease: A condition which is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid resulting hyperthyroidism
• Levic-Stefanovic-Nikolic syndrome: A very rare inherited syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, ophthalmoplegia and a fissured tongue.
• MELAS: A mitochondrial disorder characterized by stroke-like episodes, headaches, vomiting and other neurological symptoms.
• MRXS-Christianson: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation. Patients do eventually walk but then often lose this ability by the age of 10 years. Female carriers tend to have mild symptoms and males have severe symptoms - symptoms are variable to some degree.
• Meningitis: Infection of the membrane around the brain (as a symptom)
• Mental retardation - myopathy - short stature - endocrine defect: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, muscle disease, short stature and endocrine defects.
• Mental retardation X-linked, South African type: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation.
• Mental retardation, Microcephaly, Epilepsy and Ataxia Syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation. Patients do eventually walk but then often lose this ability by the age of 10 years. Female carriers tend to have mild symptoms and males have severe symptoms - symptoms are variable to some degree.
• Mental retardation, X-linked - craniofacial dysmorphology - epilepsy - ophthalmoplegia - cerebellar atrophy: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by mental retardation, mutism, facial anomalies, epilepsy and weak eye muscles. Males tended to have severe mental retardation whereas female carriers had mild or no mental retardation. Patients do eventually walk but then often lose this ability by the age of 10 years. Female carriers tend to have mild symptoms and males have severe symptoms - symptoms are variable to some degree.
• Miller Fisher Syndrome: Autoimmune nerve condition.
• Mitochondrial diseases, clinically indefinite: An inherited biochemical disorder which can affect many body systems such as the skeleton, heart, brain and nervous system.
• Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
• Myasthenia Gravis: An autoimmune disorder which interferes with nerve impulses to muscles and hence results in weak, easily fatigued muscles.
• Ophtalmoplegia - ataxia - hypoacusis: A rare syndrome characterized by ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and reduced sensitivity to sound.
• Ophtalmoplegia myalgia tubular aggregates: A very rare muscle disorder where accumulation of tubular bodies in muscle tissue causes progressive eye muscle weakness and muscle pain triggered by exercise.
• Ophthalmoplegia in children:
• Opthalmoplegia progressive external scoliosis: A rare disorder characterized by progressive weakening of external eye muscles and scoliosis.
• Optic atrophy opthalmoplegia ptosis deafness myopia: A rare syndrome characterized by the association of optic atrophy, ophthalmoplegia, droopy eyelids, deafness and myopia.
• Rollet syndrome: A rare disorder involving damage to a part of the eye orbit resulting in eye problems and skin sensation abnormalities involving the forehead, temples and top of the head.
• Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
• Syringobulbia: A neurological disorder that progresses slowly and is characterized by a fluid filled cavity in the spinal cord and brain stem.
• Thyrotoxicosis: hypermetabolic clinical syndrome resulting from serum elevations in thyroid hormone levels, specifically free thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), or both.
• Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A deficiency of Vitamin B12 primarily causes anemias the body is unable to make sufficient quantities of normal red blood cells. Severe cases can lead to permanent nervous system problems. The vitamin B12 deficiency can result from absorption problems, insufficient dietary intake, certain medications (e.g. metformin), inherited conditions (e.g. transcobalamin deficiency) and certain chronic parasitic intestinal infestations.
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: A rare degenerative brain disorder caused by thiamine (Vitamin B1) deficiency. Chronic alcoholics are prone to this condition.

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