A case of disturbed vertical gaze.
A 10-month-old boy with vertical ocular motor apraxia (OMA) is presented. An optokinetic projector confirmed absence of downward saccades. No case of idiopathic vertical OMA has previously been described. A review of the MRI, initially reported as normal, showed pathology in areas known to be involved with vertical eye movements: the cerebellum and thalamus.
Brown
Heidi
H
Birmingham and Midlands Eye Centre, Birmingham, UK.
Willshaw
Harry E
HE
D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012438:Saccades / Q000502:physiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology