A retrospective review of 29 consecutive unselected patients referred for n
euro-ophthalmic evaluation after the diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 2
(NF2) showed that four of them had a monocular elevator paresis. Ln two of
the four MRI demonstrated lesions, presumed to be schwannomas, of the third
nerve. These findings indicate that monocular elevator paresis is a common
neuro-ophthalmic finding in NF2, which the authors suspect is probably a s
ign of third nerve infiltration or compression by a schwannoma.