The Ocular Myopathies

There is a group of diseases which affect the workings of the muscles of the body. The muscles affected may be those in the limbs, for example, as in the disease known as muscular dystrophies; or they may be the extra-ocular muscles, when the disease is called an ocular myopathy. One or several extra-ocular muscles may be affected, and there may be other associated eye disorders. An ocular myopathy and a muscular dystrophy may occur together.