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Case Reports
. 2017 Jul-Sep;27(3):290-292.
doi: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_368_16.

Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis - A case report

P Shalini  1 , Virna M Shah  1
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Case Reports

Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis - A case report

P Shalini et al. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2017 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

Horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis (HGPPS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by absence of conjugate horizontal eye movements and accompanied by progressive scoliosis developing in childhood and adolescence. It occurs due to mutation in ROBO 3 gene/chromosome 11q23-q25. We report a case of a 60-year-old lady who presented with complaints of defective vision in both eyes. On examination, she had scoliosis with restricted abduction and adduction in both eyes with intact elevation and depression. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and orbit showed brainstem hypoplasia with absence of facial colliculi, presence of a deep midline pontine cleft (split pons sign), and a butterfly configuration of the medulla, which are the radiological findings seen in this disorder.

Keywords: HGPPS; horizontal gaze palsy; scoliosis.

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Figures

Figure 1 (A and B)
Figure 1 (A and B)
(A, B) MRI brain axial T2W image showing absent facial colliculi and tenting of fourth ventricle
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI brain axial T2W image showing butterfly-shaped medulla
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