Reprint requests to: Dr. Te-Chang Wu Department of Radiology, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital. No. 901, Chung Hwa Road, Yong-Kong, Tainan 710, Taiwan, R.O.C. Three children of unilateral type I Duane’s retract ion syndrome (DRS), aged 8 years, 14 months and 2 years were confirmed by demonstration of absence of ipsilateral abducens nerves on 3D fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA...

Lesions affecting the dorsal midbrain can result in a constellation of ocular findings such as vertical gaze disturbances, convergence retraction nystagmus, light-near dissociation of pupils, and eyelid retraction. Although bilateral superior oblique palsy can occur after a stroke, its occurrence secondary to nontraumatic brainstem hemorrhage is extremely rare. We report a combination of dorsal...

purpose: to evaluate the clinical features of duane’s syndrome in patients who were referred to nikoo-kari eye centre, tabriz, as a referral centre of northwest of iran. methods: we retrospectively reviewed medical records of all patients with duane’s syndrome who were referred to the strabismus clinic of our center during a 5-year period (2002-2006). clinical and demographic characteristics we...

Marc W. Halterman, MD, PhD G. Edward Vates, MD, PhD Garrett Riggs, MD, PhD Idiopathic aqueductal stenosis (AS) may account for up to 59% of cases presenting with triventricular noncommunicating hydrocephalus.1 The clinical presentations associated with triventricular hydrocephalus differ depending on age at onset and the acuity of obstruction. Acute syndromes include Parinaud’s syndrome (vertic...

The triad of the Klippel-Feil anomaly, Duane's retraction syndrome, and deaf-mutism was described by Wildervanck (1960) as the cervico-oculoacusticus syndrome. The Klippel-Feil anomaly essentially comprises a variety of bony deformities of the cervical spine, usually involving fusion, which appear clinically as a short neck with a limited range of movements of the head and neck and a low poster...