Congenital Oculonasal Synkinesis

Abstract

A 4-year-old girl with maxillary hypoplasia, intermittent exotropia, and high myopia displayed congenital oculonasal synkinesis. We examine the implications for pathogenesis of these disparate craniofacial findings.

Oculonasal Synkinesis After BCC Excision: A Rarity in a Rarity

“…Oculonasal synkinesis, described by Guyuron in 1994 1 , is a rare phenomenon triggered by blinking: a paroxysmal contraction of the compressor narium minor leads to movements of the alar complex. Several authors have tried to focus on the etiology of this rare phenomenon but its real origin is still unclear; postoperative, traumatic, as well as congenital causes are considered to be responsible [2][3][4] . Two muscles are essentially involved into oculonasal synkinesis, the compressor narium minor and the orbicularis oculi.…”