Duane’s syndrome

A congenital disorder involving abnormal innervation of the lateral rectus muscle, resulting in limited eye movements. It is characterized by retraction of the eye into the orbit, associated with either limited abduction (outward movement), limited adduction (inward movement), or limited abduction and adduction. On attempted adduction, there is globe retraction and narrowing of the palpebral fissure. The condition arises from miswiring of the cranial nerves controlling eye movements during development.