The "Eyelet Sign" as an MRI Clue for Inflammatory Brown Syndrome

• Published in: Journal of neuro-ophthalmology Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 115 - 120
• Main Authors: Fierz, Fabienne C, Landau, Klara, Kottke, Raimund, Wichmann, Werner, Sturm, Veit, Weber, Konrad P, Gerth-Kahlert, Christina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Adult; Child; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ocular Motility Disorders - diagnosis; Ocular Motility Disorders - etiology; Oculomotor Muscles - diagnostic imaging; Oculomotor Muscles - surgery; Retrospective Studies; Tendons - diagnostic imaging; Tendons - surgery

Brown syndrome is characterized by a restrictive elevation deficit of the affected eye in adduction. Besides the well-known congenital form, different acquired etiologies including inflammation, trauma, and surgery may prevent the superior oblique (SO) tendon from gliding freely through the trochlea...