Table 1.
Summary of Disorders with Defined Genetic Basis
Disorder | Associated Genes | Inheritance | Clinical Findings | Orbital and Intracranial MRI Findings |
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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