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Möbius syndrome or Moebius syndrome is a rare congenital neurological disorder which is characterized by facial paralysis and the inability to move the eyes from side to side. Most people with Möbius syndrome are born with complete facial paralysis and cannot close their eyes or form facial expressions.
Moebius syndrome is a bilateral facial paralysis resulting from the underdevelopment of the VII cranial nerve (facial nerve), which is present at birth. The VI cranial nerve, which controls lateral eye movement, is also affected, so people with Moebius syndrome cannot form facial expression or move their eyes from side to side.
758.0 Down syndrome; 758.1 Patau's syndrome; 758.2 Edward's syndrome; 758.3 Autosomal deletion syndromes 758.31 Cri du chat syndrome; 758.32 Velo-cardio-facial syndrome; 758.33 Other microdeletions. Miller–Dieker syndrome; Smith–Magenis syndrome; 758.4 Balanced autosomal translocation in normal individual; 758.5 Other conditions due to ...
Differential diagnosis: Graves disease: Möbius sign is a clinical sign in which there is an inability to maintain convergence of the eyes. [1]
Mobius syndrome - a rare congenital disorder in which both VIth and VIIth nerves are bilaterally affected giving rise to a typically 'expressionless' face. 2. Duane syndrome - A condition in which both abduction and adduction are affected arising as a result of partial innervation of the lateral rectus by branches from the IIIrd oculomotor ...
numb chin syndrome; numb cheek syndrome; herpes simplex virus infection; facial nerve bell's palsy; bilateral facial palsy; congenital (trauma, Mobius syndrome, cardiofacial syndrome) glossopharyngeal nerve glossopharyngeal neuralgia; glomus jugulare tumor; vagus nerve injury; spinal accessory nerve palsy; hypoglossal nerve injury
Marilyn T. Miller (died 2021) was an American pediatric ophthalmologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital eye diseases and strabismus. [1] She held leadership positions in her field.
Pierre Robin sequence [a] (/ p j ɛər r ɔː ˈ b æ̃ /; [3] abbreviated PRS) is a congenital defect observed in humans which is characterized by facial abnormalities.The three main features are micrognathia (abnormally small mandible), which causes glossoptosis (downwardly displaced or retracted tongue), which in turn causes breathing problems due to obstruction of the upper airway.