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HORIZONTAL GAZE PALSY AND SCOLIOSIS

  • R. Haluk BERK
  • A. Tülin BERK
  • Murat BOZKURT

J Turk Spinal Surg 1999;10(1):36-42

Horizantal gaze palsy (HGP) in association with scoliosis has been reported in 42 patients both in orthopaedic and ophtalmologic literatüre. Bilateral congenital HGP is a rare disorder and the etiology of the gaze and associated scoliosis remains unclear. A maldevelopment or severe dysfunction of neurons of the paramedian pontine reticular formation (PPRF) was supposed by many researcher to be the causative lesion of HGP. Here we report a sporadic case with scoliosis and horizantal gaze palsy.

Keywords: Horizantal gaze palsy, Scoliosis, Convercence