Abstract
Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO) is a rare disorder of conjugate lateral gaze that has been described in a number of neurologic conditions including multiple sclerosis, stroke and less commonly brain tumors. We describe a series of 3 boys (11, 12, 15 years) diagnosed with primary central nervous system tumors (pilomyxoid variant astrocytoma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, gliomatosis cerebri) who developed bilateral INO as a manifestation of progressive disease. Time from diagnosis to development of bilateral INO ranged from 13–36 months. All children died of their disease 1–9 months following diagnosis of bilateral INO and had significant dorsal pontine invasion on magnetic resonance imaging at progression. Only one child had brainstem involvement at diagnosis. Our case series highlights this rare ophthalmologic syndrome of bilateral INO in association with tumor progression and provides a literature review of brain tumor associations with INO.
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Neggy Rismanchi MD PhD was responsible for drafting the manuscript for content, including medical writing, study concept and design, analysis and interpretation of the data. John Crawford MD MS was responsible for drafting the manuscript for content, including medical writing, study concept and design, analysis and interpretation of the data.
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Rismanchi, N., Crawford, J.R. Bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia associated with pediatric brain tumor progression: a case series and review of the literature. J Neurooncol 115, 487–491 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-013-1250-z
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