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Marcus Gunn phenomenon is an autosomal dominant condition with incomplete penetrance, in which nursing infants will have rhythmic upward jerking of their upper eyelid. This condition is characterized as a synkinesis : when two or more muscles that are independently innervated have either simultaneous or coordinated movements.
She shares videos relating to her condition and has started a Facebook group for people suffering with Marcus Gunn Phenomenon. The group now has over 2,000 members. Mandy, who lives in Long Beach ...
A relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD), also known as a Marcus Gunn pupil (after Robert Marcus Gunn), is a medical sign observed during the swinging-flashlight test [1] whereupon the patient's pupils excessively dilate when a bright light is swung from the unaffected eye to the affected eye. The affected eye still senses the light and ...
Almost all cases of synkinesis develop as a sequel to nerve trauma. (The exception is when it is congenitally acquired as in Duane-Retraction Syndrome and Marcus Gunn phenomenon.) Trauma to the nerve can be induced in cases such as surgical procedures, nerve inflammation, neuroma, [12] and physical injury. [7]
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Marcus Gunn pupil: Robert Marcus Gunn: ophthalmology, neurology: severe retinal disease, lesion of optic nerve anterior to chiasm: Gunn's pupillary phenomenon at Who Named It? Relative pupil dilatation when light swings to the affected side Markle's sign: George Bushar Markle IV: surgery: appendicitis (needed) RLQ pain on dropping from standing ...