An unusual cause of head drops.
Eur J Paediatr Neurol
; 15(1): 78-80, 2011 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-20472477
ABSTRACT
The presence of vertical ocular motor apraxia should prompt a careful assessment to detect an underlying neurometabolic condition. But congenital vertical ocular motor apraxia is a rare entity that may be attributed to perinatal stroke, hypoxia or kernicterus. We report a case of a 5-year old girl with congenital vertical ocular motor apraxia. Her magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain showed symmetrical high signal in the inferomedial thalamic nuclei in the distribution of the vessel of Percheron, a rare posterior cerebral artery variant. Awareness of this rare cause of childhood stroke may obviate unnecessary investigation.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Apraxias
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Enfermedades Talámicas
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Tálamo
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Trastornos de la Motilidad Ocular
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Accidente Cerebrovascular
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Paediatr Neurol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido