This is despite the fact that several extraocular muscles are required for the eye to move and function properly. Researchers in Umeå have found a possible explanation for this phenomenon.

CHICAGO — Patients who received Tepezza to treat thyroid eye disease showed improved extraocular muscle size that correlated to improved diplopia and motility, according to a presenter here ...

Ocular dysmotility in thyroid eye disease was significantly associated with increased total volume and decreased total density of extraocular muscles, according to a presentation at Real World ...

When other types of muscle fibers atrophies in ALS patients so that they lose more of their function, it is a fact that most patients with ALS have the function of the extraocular muscles intact even ...

Superior oblique muscle. This muscle works alongside other extraocular muscles to rotate your eyeball downward. You also use this muscle to turn your eye inward or outward.

The Bottom Line. The most useful biomarker for extraocular muscle enlargement in thyroid eye disease (TED) is unclear. According to this study, higher thyroid-stimulating antibody (TSAb) levels ...

Extraocular muscle surgery: If all other treatments fail, surgery may be necessary to correct problems with the muscles around your eye. Surgery may aim to: strengthen a muscle ...

This usually occurs because the muscles that control the movement of the eye and the eyelid, the extraocular muscles, are not working together. As a result, both eyes are unable to look at the ...

S.K.H., a 66-year-old Chinese male, was seen at the Singapore National Eye Center (SNEC) in May 1996 with a history of decreased visual activity (VA) in the left eye of 2 months' duration. It was ...

However, this does not affect the primary auto-immune process, and the immune system may continue to target other tissues, particularly the extraocular muscles in the eye and eyelid. Orbital symptoms ...