It usually affects just one eye. Most adolescents are born with superior oblique palsy. When present from birth, it is referred to as congenital fourth nerve palsy. Adults are commonly ...

Congenital conditions. Fourth nerve palsy can be congenital, meaning some babies may be born with the condition. Trauma. Fast and jerky head movements can tear the fragile trochlear nerve.

We review ocular motor cranial nerve palsies in childhood and highlight many of the features that differentiate these from their occurrence in adulthood. The clinical characteristics of cranial ...

It was eventually determined he had developed fourth nerve palsy, also known as superior ... because most cases are congenital, ischemic, or idiopathic.” Giavotella’s case is believed to ...

She did not lose consciousness or anything, but she developed what the doctor called a fourth ... to CN IV palsy. Most commonly, accounting for 40 to 70 percent of cases, this is a congenital ...

Facial palsy or paralysis arises as a result of injury to the seventh cranial nerve, which is called the ... facial palsy at birth are said to have congenital facial paralysis (CFP), which is ...

Despite this statement relatively few reports of congenital laryngeal ... has an associated left-abducens-nerve palsy and deafness of the right ear. A fourth sibling, also a male, had stridor ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Los Angeles Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella has been diagnosed with fourth cranial nerve palsy, a condition that is expected to keep him sidelined indefinitely.