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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep-Nov;28(0):427–437. doi: 10.3109/08820538.2013.825288

Table 1.

Summary of Disorders with Defined Genetic Basis

Disorder Associated Genes Inheritance Clinical Findings Orbital and Intracranial MRI Findings
Non-Syndromic Duane Syndrome
Familial DS CHN1 AD Type 1 or Type 3 DS and/or vertical motility anomalies Abnormalities in the abducens and oculomotor nerve with or without superior oblique muscle hypoplasia
Syndromic Duane Syndrome
Duane Radial Ray (Okihiro) Syndrome SALL4 AD DS, radial ray anomaly, with or without deafness Hypoplastic to absent abducens nerves with normal intracranial and optic nerves. Evidence of aberrant innervation of the lateral rectus muscle
Holt-Oram syndrome SALL4 AD Radial ray anomalies with cardiac defects without DS
Acro-renal-ocular syndrome SALL4 AD Radial ray anomalies, kidney defects, DS
Townes-Brock Syndrome SALL1 AD Imperforate anus, hearing impairment, thumb malformations with rare DS association
HOX Mutations
Bosley-Salih-Alorainy Syndrome HOXA1 AR Bilateral type 3 DS, sensorineural hearing loss, malformations of the cerebral vasculature, cardiac malformations, autism Normal extraocular muscles.
Hypoplastic abducens nerve
Hypoplastic or absent internal carotid arteries.
Occasional duplication of the vertebral artery.
Athabascan Brain Dysgenesis Syndrome HOXA1 AR Horizontal gaze restriction, intellectual disabilities, sensorineural hearing loss, cardiac malformations, facial weakness, central hypoventilation, cerebral vasculature malformation
HoxB1 HOXB1 AR Esotropia, bilateral facial palsy, deafness Bilateral absence of the facial nerve
Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles
CFEOM1 KIF21A

Rarely TUBB3
AD Bilateral nonprogressive restrictive ophthalmoplegia with blepharoptosis. Eyes are infraducted in resting position with limitation of vertical movements Hypoplasia of oculomotor nerve > abducens nerve. Hypoplasia of levator palpebrae and superior rectus muscles. Misinnervation of lateral rectus muscle by oculomotor nerve.
Reduction of mean optic nerve size compared with normal subjects.
CFEOM2 PHOX2A AR Profound ptosis, restrictive ophthalmoplegia with exotropia and poorly reactive pupils Enlarged lateral rectus muscles with all other extraocular muscles comparatively hypoplastic.
Absence of oculomotor and trochlear nerves
CFEOM3 TUBB3

Rarely KIF21A
AD Variable phenotype with unilateral or bilateral blepharoptosis and ophthalmoplegia with some limitation of vertical movements Variable findings that correlate with clinical features. Hypoplasia of the superior rectus, medial rectus, levator palpebrae, and inferior oblique muscles to varying degrees.
Hypoplasia of the oculomotor nerve. Evidence of dysinnervation
Horizontal Gaze Palsy with Progressive Scoliosis
HGPPS ROBO3 AR Horizontal gaze limitation, scoliosis Flattened pons, hindbrain midline cleft. Butterfly configuration of brainstem on axial scans

Key: AD – autosomal dominant, AR – autosomal recessive, DS – Duane Syndrome, CFEOM – congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles, HGPPS – horizontal gaze palsy with progressive scoliosis