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Oftalmoplejía supranuclear

Información general

Definición:

Es la incapacidad de mover voluntariamente los ojos en todas las direcciones.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Este trastorno ocurre debido a que el cerebro está enviando y recibiendo información errónea a través de los nervios que controlan el movimiento ocular, aunque los nervios en sí estén sanos.

Los pacientes con este problema pueden presentar parálisis supranuclear progresiva , un trastorno que afecta la manera como el cerebro controla el movimiento. En otros casos, una lesión cerebral (como un accidente cerebrovascular ) puede ocasionar varios tipos de oftalmoplejía supranuclear.

Referencias:

Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry . 2nd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2004:331.

Fecha de revisión: 5/16/2006
Versión en inglés revisada por: Daniel Kantor, M.D., Director of the Comprehensive MS Center, Neuroscience Institute, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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