title: Progressive scoliosis associated with lateral gaze palsy.
abstract: Two cases with progressive scoliosis and lateral gaze palsy were reported. The preoculomotor centers, which are connected by the fasciculus longitudinalis medialis in the brain stem, are deemed to be the common focus for progressive scoliosis and associated visual dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kinki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamanishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shikata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics