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Peter B Knowlton1, Louise A Mawn2, James B Atkinson3
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
Strabismus associated with anomalous extraocular muscles is rare. We present a case of strabismus caused by an anomalous orbital structure that was histopathologically consistent with an accessory extraocular muscle rather than a fibrous band, in a patient with Gorlin syndrome (nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome), an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder related to a mutation in the patched tumor suppressor gene (PTCH). Histopathology of an anomalous orbital structure consistent with extraocular muscle has not been previously reported.
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