When the fourth cranial nerve is injured or diseased, it can cause paralysis of the superior oblique muscle. This is known as superior oblique palsy, trochlear nerve palsy, or fourth nerve palsy.

Clinical features of acquired third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerve palsy showed variation among previous studies. Evaluation of natural course with objective criteria will establish accurate ...

Cranial nerves help control sensory innervation ... Here are a few common signs that you may notice if you suffer from fourth nerve palsy (paralysis of your trochlear nerve): Double vision ...

The third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerves are responsible for eye movements. 3 In patients with a third cranial nerve palsy, the affected eye is fixed inferiorly and laterally at rest ...

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.

The most common cause of hypertropia in children is fourth cranial nerve palsy. The fourth cranial nerve travels from the brain stem to a muscle on the surface of the eye, called the superior ...

Giavotella spilled the beans — he has fourth nerve palsy, which is causing him to see double when he looks to the left and down. “I don’t think doctors have seen this a lot in athletes ...