lateral rectus muscle

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lateral rectus muscle - the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball outward

abducens muscle, lateral rectus, rectus lateralis

eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball

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Magnetic resonance imaging showed marked contrast enhancement lateral to the lateral rectus muscle including the surrounding tissue, which was interpreted as an accompanying myositis of the lateral rectus muscle (Figure 2).

A Case Report: Unilateral Brusella Dakriyoadeniti

During surgery under local anesthesia, we found a separate mass close to the muscle insertion attached tightly to the lateral rectus muscle, one end in the tenon fascia, one end on the surface of the sclera.

Epibulbar Osseous Choristoma in the Lateral Rectus

In A and B, it is possible to notice the lateral rectus muscle (MR), sclera (Esc), optic cartilage (CO), SPC (supra choroid), Conj (conjunctive).

Morphological Study of the Eye Bulb of the Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna lewini (Elasmobranch: Carcharhinidae)/Estudio Morfologico del Bulbo Ocular del Tiburon Martillo, Sphyrna lewini (Elasmobranch: Carcharhinidae)

A unilateral surgery was performed: The right medial rectus muscle was revised and recessed with the Y-splitting procedure, and a 5 mm resection of the right lateral rectus muscle was performed.

Y-Split Recession of the Medial Rectus Muscle as a Secondary and/or Unilateral Procedure in the Treatment of Esotropia with Distance/Near Disparity

Imaging demonstrated inferior displacement of the lateral rectus muscle bilaterally (Figure 2).

Sagging Eye Syndrome or Nemaline Rod Myopathy? Divergence Insufficiency with Levator Dehiscence as an Overlapping Symptom between Two Diagnoses

Ten months after the initial surgery, he underwent a full-thickness transposition of the superior and inferior rectus muscles to the lateral rectus muscle and a 5/0 multifilament nonabsorbable lateral fixation suture (Foster) was placed in the sclera 8 mm posterior to the lateral rectus insertion incorporating the superior rectus and one fourth of the lateral rectus muscle.

Anterior segment ischemia after strabismus surgery

MRI revealed thickening of the lateral rectus muscle together with contrast enhancement (Figure 2).

Orbital myositis: evaluating five new cases regarding clinical and radiological features

If no resistance is encountered the motility defect is clearly caused by paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle.

Injection botulinum in paralytic strabismus

* eye abducted in primary position due to unopposed action of the lateral rectus muscle

An overview of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerve palsies: palsies of the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves have ophthalmological consequences

T1-weighted orbital Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) showed signal increase in right lateral rectus muscle and was reported as orbital myositis.