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internal ophthalmoplegia

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ophthalmoplegia /oph·thal·mo·ple·gia/ (of-thal″mo-ple´jah) paralysis of the eye muscles.ophthalmople´gic
external ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of the external ocular muscles.
internal ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of the iris and ciliary apparatus.
nuclear ophthalmoplegia  that due to a lesion of nuclei of motor nerves of the eye.
Parinaud's ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of conjugate upward movement of the eyes without paralysis of convergence, associated with midbrain lesions.
partial ophthalmoplegia  that affecting some of the eye muscles.
progressive external ophthalmoplegia  gradual paralysis affecting the extraocular muscles, and sometimes also the orbicularis oculi, leading to ptosis and progressive total ocular paresis.
total ophthalmoplegia  paralysis of all the eye muscles, both intraocular and extraocular.

internal ophthalmoplegia
n.
Paralysis affecting only the ciliary muscle and the iris of the eye.


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