Bilateral congenital horizontal gaze palsy: MR findings

ARIBAL M. E., Karaman Z., Ozkan S., Soylev M.

NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.19, sa.2, ss.69-74, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 1998
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1076/noph.19.2.69.3945
  • Dergi Adı: NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.69-74
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: abducens nucleus, magnetic resonance, horizontal gaze palsy, Moebius syndrome, DUANES RETRACTION SYNDROME, ABDUCENS NUCLEUS, PARALYSIS, LESION
  • Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Congenital horizontal gaze palsy is a rare disorder that is considered to be due to either the absence of or a lesion in the abducens nucleus. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of two cases with isolated congenital bilateral horizontal gaze palsy showed a lack of the normal protrusion of both abducens nuclei on the anterior wall of the fourth ventricle, These MR findings, with the support of the clinical picture of the cases, are consistent with the absence of bilateral abducens nuclei, To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of MR evidence of the absence of abducens nuclei in horizontal gaze palsy.