title: The child with divergence paresis.
abstract: Divergence paralysis is a rare clinical entity that causes a comitant esotropia at distance. While this is usually benign and self-limited, there are reports of divergence paralysis associated with brain tumors, central nervous system syphilis, trauma, and multiple sclerosis. We studied a 14-year-old girl who presented with diplopia and was found to have divergence paralysis. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a large pontomedullary glioma.
authors.affiliation: John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schanzer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bordaberry
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Jeffery
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004172:Diplopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004948:Esotropia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D015840:Oculomotor Nerve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology