Involuntary Eye Movements Accompanied by Head Thrusting to View Objects

This five-month-old girl with tetralogy of Fallot showed constant rapid movements to right or left one week after birth. Therefore, her parents could not establish eye contact with her. After four months, she began thrusting her head from left to right when following target objects (Fig. 1 and 2). Her limb movements did not exhibit ataxia or tremor. Ophthalmological examination did not show any abnormalities in the retina. Electroencephalography and visual evoked potentials were normal. Brain magnetic resonance imaging did not show any abnormalities, such as elongated superior cerebellar peduncles or hypoplasia of the cerebellum and brainstem observed in Joubert syndrome.

Source: Pediatric Neurology - October 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Masahide Goto, Shinji Makino, Takanori Yamagata Tags: Visual Diagnosis Source Type: research