Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis: CT and MR findings.
Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis (HGPPS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by absence of conjugate horizontal eye movements and progressive scoliosis developing in childhood and adolescence. We present a child with clinical and neuroimaging findings typical of HGPPS. CT and MRI of the brain demonstrated pons hypoplasia, absence of the facial colliculi, butterfly configuration of the medulla and a deep midline pontine cleft. We briefly discuss the imaging aspects of this rare entity in light of the current literature.
Bomfim
Rodrigo C
RC
Department of Radiology, The Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals, Av. Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, 4.500 Passaré Fortaleza, Ceara, 60.861-630, Brazil. rodrigobomfim@sarah.br
Távora
Daniel G F
DG
Nakayama
Mauro
M
Gama
Rômulo L
RL
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*