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. 2008 Dec;106:100–116.

TABLE 5.

FINDINGS FROM SECOND SWEDISH THALIDOMIDE STUDY (n = 30)

CASE NO. SEX OCULAR MOTILITY TEARING WHEN EATING EMOTIONAL TEARING 7TH NERVE PALSY SCHIRMER TEST SCORES (MM, OD/OS)
COMMENTS/DEFORMITIES
INITIAL 5 MIN AFTER EATING ≥10-MM DIFFERENCE
1 M DS OU OU Normal 0 2/2 12/12 OU Hearing ↓, external ear, thumb
2 M DS OU 0 Normal 0 2/2 19/28 OU Left upper limb, thumbs
3 M Comitant ET OU Normal 0 22/35 35/30 OD Hearing ↓; upper limbs; lower limb thumbs
4 F Normal 0 Normal 0 7/28 23/14 OD Upper limbs, hands and thumbs
5 M Normal 0 Normal 0 5/5 5/5 Right hand and thumb
6 F Normal 0 Normal 0 16/13 32/30 OU Thumbs; lower limbs, hands
7 M Normal 0 Normal R 5/7 8/10 Hands; acquired 7th nerve palsy
8 M Normal 0 Normal 0 34/16 24/20 Upper limbs, thumbs
9 M DS OU OU Absent OU 0 27/20 35/26 Thumb
10 M DS OU OU Absent OU R/L 5/10 30/35 OU
11 F Normal 0 Normal R/L 5/18 12/17 Acquired 7th nerve palsy left, upper limbs, hands, thumbs
12 M Normal 0 Normal 0 7/8 15/20 OS Choanal atresia; hand, thumb, upper limbs, hypoplasia
13 F Normal 0 Normal 0 18/22 19/20 Double vagina, upper and lower limbs, severe hands, thumbs
14 F Refused examination
15 F DS OU OD Absent OU 0 1/7 17/24 OU Right inner ear, upper limbs and thumbs
16 F DS OU OD Normal L 15/25 24/31
17 M ↓ Abduction Normal OS Enucleated 0 Normal 0 35/35 35/35 ↓ Hearing, upper limbs, thumbs
18 M OD 0 Normal 0 NA/28 NA/16 Upper limbs, thumbs
19 F DS OU OU Absent OS 0 8/2 23/16 OU External ears, cataract OD
20 M Normal 0 Normal 7/11 9/13 Hands, thumbs
21 F Normal 0 Normal 0 15/20 17/22 Hands, thumb, missing uterus and vagina
22 M Normal 0 Normal 0 0/0 0/13 OS Thumb; kidney
23 M Normal 0 Normal 0 35/35 35/35 Thumb
24 M DS OU OU Absent OU R 5/5 35/35 OU ↓ Hearing, hands, thumb
25 F DS OU OD Absent OD R 0/2 17/30 OU ↓ Hearing left ear
26 M DS OU 0 Normal 0 19/35 35/35 OD Craniosynostosis, hand, thumbs
27 M Normal 0 Normal 0 15/25 12/35 Upper limbs, hands, thumbs, foot
28 M Brown S 0 Normal 0 35/25 21/35 Nystagmus, upper limb, hand, thumbs
29 F Normal 0 Normal 0 27/29 25/34 Hands
30 M DS OU OU Absent OU 0 8/13 15/17 Upper limbs, hands, left foot, triphalangeal thumbs
31 F Normal 0 Normal 0 14/30 9/9 Thumbs, foot
Total
19 M, 12 F, age 44–46 y DS = 11; ↓ abduction = 1; Brown S = 1; 1 comitant ET 10 of 30 7 absent 6

Brown S, Brown syndrome; DS, Duane syndrome; ET, esotropia; NA, not applicable. 0, no tearing when eating or no 7th nerve palsy; +, positive finding; ↓, decreased; –, <10-mm.