Sporadic Congenital Oculomotor Apraxia Associated with Ataxia.

Hong, Samin; Han, Seunghan; Lee, Jongbok

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2005;46(8):1368-1373.
Published online August 31, 2005.

Sporadic Congenital Oculomotor Apraxia Associated with Ataxia.

The Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shhan222@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr

가족력이 없는 조화운동불능 동반 선천안운동행위상실증

홍사민,한승한,이종복

The Institute of Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: Samin Hong, M.D.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the natural clinical course of sporadic congenital oculomotor apraxia associated with ataxia. METHODS: In a retrospective study from June 1994 to March 2004, 3 patients with sporadic congenital oculomotor apraxia associated with ataxia were evaluated. Oculomotor apraxia and ataxia were checked. RESULTS: The three patients with sporadic congenital oculomotor apraxia associated with ataxia showed a decrease in head thrust which can be found specifically in oculomotor apraxia, and an improvement of oculomotor apraxia and ataxia over the 10-year observation period. CONCLUSIONS: A favorable natural clinical course can be expected in a case of sporadic congenital oculomotor apraxia associated with ataxia in the absence of any clinical evidence of inheritance or genetic abnormality.

Key Words: Ataxia;Congenital;Oculomotor apraxia;Sporadic