Erschienen in:
01.03.2015 | Correspondence
Findings in a Patient with Wildervanck Syndrome
verfasst von:
P. A. Dimitriadis, S. Mackeith, C. Archibald, S. Hussain, N. Mansell
Erschienen in:
Clinical Neuroradiology
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Ausgabe 1/2015
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Excerpt
Wildervanck syndrome is a combination of congenital anomalies characterized by deafness, fusion of the cervical vertebral bodies and an unusual ocular motility disorder (Duane retraction syndrome). This syndrome is rare in the general population and, as in our case, may not be recognized until later in life since the external appearance of the ears may be normal, and the unusual form of strabismus may not be obvious to the non-ophthalmologist. In our case, high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) demonstrated a collection of congenital inner ear malformations, which, when considered alongside the congenital ocular and cervical abnormalities allowed for a unifying diagnosis to be made. …