Crocodile Tears

Congenital crocodile tears with Duane's syndrome--congenital cranial dysinnervation syndrome.

Syndrome of "crocodile tears". Pharmacological study of a bilateral case.

Crocodile tears syndrome: botulinum toxin treatment under EMG guidance.

Crocodile tears syndrome is one of the rare complications of facial paralysis. There have been several reports of cases in which botulinum toxin was found to be useful in the treatment of crocodile tears syndrome. The adverse effects, due to the paralytic action of botulinum toxin, have been reported to involve the palpebral muscle, lateral rectus and superior rectus. Therefore, we considered t...

Corporate Crocodile Tears? On the Reactive Attitudes of Corporate Agents

There is a growing literature arguing that certain entities embodied by groups of agents—certain “collectives”—themselves qualify as agents; even, some say, as moral agents. These are ambitious claims. To be agents, such entities must be capable of acting on the basis of their own beliefs, desires, and intentions. To be moral agents, subject to moral obligations and accountable for their action...

Congenital crocodile tears: a key to the aetiology of Duane's syndrome.

The occurrence from birth of copious lacrimation on eating in some patients with Duane's syndrome suggests that both are caused by dysgenesis or a lesion in the vicinity of the abducens nucleus in the pons.