RESUMO
Ocular neuromyotonia is characterized by tonic spasms of extraocular muscles evoked by eccentric gaze that induces transient strabismus and diplopia. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who initially presented with unilateral deficits in fifth and sixth cranial nerve functions attributed to a fifth cranial nerve schwannoma. After radiation treatment, she developed neuromyotonia and synkinesis of the ipsilateral third cranial nerve. During the attacks of neuromyotonia, the left eyelids were often spastically closed, a phenomenon not previously reported. The ocular neuromyotonia regressed spontaneously within 3 years, but components of the synkinesis persisted. Ephaptic transmission in a damaged third cranial nerve may be responsible for the neuromyotonia and synkinesis. Synkinesis is a more enduring manifestation.
