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Free Content Brown Syndrome or Superior Oblique Tendon Sheath Syndrome: Radiologic Imaging Characteristics and Literature Review

Brown syndrome is the inability to gaze upward beyond the horizontal level while adducting the eye due to an abnormality of the superior oblique tendon sheath complex. It is a rare extraocular muscular disorder, and its imaging is infrequently seen in radiologic practice. This article presents clinical characteristics and imaging of 5 patients with Brown syndrome and reviews the radiologic literature available, to familiarize the readers with its imaging findings.

Keywords: FS = fat-saturated

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: October 1, 2023

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