mirror movements and myelomeningocele: report of a single case and review of literature

how to cite this article: iibtihel rébai i, benrhouma h, kraoua i, drissi c, ben hammouda m, gouider-khouja n. mirror movements and myelomeningocele: report of a single case and review of literature. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer;7(3):58-61.   objective mirror movements (mm) have been described in several pathological conditions. their association with neural tube defects is rare, and only 5 cases have been reported in literature to date. we report on a case of mm associated with cervical myelomeningocele, and we discuss the diffusion tensor imaging findings and the underlying mechanism.   references 1. cohen lg, meer j, tarkka i, bierner s, leiderman db, dubinsky rm, et al. congenital mirror movements. abnormal organization of motor pathways in two patients. brain 1991;114(pt 1b):381-403. 2. rasmussen p. persistent mirror movements: a clinical study of 17 children, adolescents and young adults. dev med child neurol 1993;35(8):699-707. 3. forget r, boghen d, attig e, lamarre y. electromyographic studies of congenital mirror movements. neurology 1986;36(10):1316-22. 4. erdincler p. cervical cord tethering and congenital mirror movements: is it an association rather than a coincidence? br j neurosurg 2002;16(5):519–22. 5. odabasi z, gökçil z, kütükçü y, vural o, yardim m. mirror movements associated with cervical meningocele: case report. minim invas neurosurg 1998;41(2):99–100. 6. erol fs, topsakal c, ozveren mf, akdemir i, cobanoglu b. meningocele with cervical dermoid sinus tract presenting with congenital mirror movement and recurrent meningitis. yonsei med j 2004;45(3):568–72. 7. andrabi y, nejat f, el khashab, ashrafi mr. mirror movement associated with neural tube defects. neuropsychiatr dis treat 2008;4(6):1273–76. 8. avery lw, rentfro cc. the klippel–feil syndrome. a pathological report. arch neurol psychiat 1936;36:1068- 76. 9. gunderson ch, solitaire gb. mirror movements in patients with klippel–feil syndrome. arch neurol 1968;18(6):675–9. 10. tuch ds, reese tg, wiegell mr, makris n, belliveau jw, wedeen vj. high angular resolution diffusion imaging reveals intravoxel white matter fiber heterogeneity. magn reson med 2002;48(4):577-82. 11. mamata h, mamata y, westin cf, shenton me, kikinis r, jolesz fa, et al. high-resolution line scan diffusion tensor mr imaging of white matter fiber tract anatomy. ajnr am j neuroradiol 2002;23(1):67-75. 12. galléa c, popa t, billot s, méneret a, depienne c, roze e. congenital mirror movements: a clue to understanding bimanual motor control. j neurol 2011;258(11):1911-9.