Article
Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum: going beyond the first and second pharyngeal arch involvement.
Neuroradiology - 1 Mar 2017
Davide Brotto, Renzo Manara, Sara Ghiselli, Elisa Lovo, Rodica Mardari, Irene Toldo, Alessandro Castiglione, Giovanni Schifano, Valentina Stritoni, Roberto Bovo, Patrizia Trevisi, Alessandro Martini
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Intracranial vascular, bone, and brain abnormalities might be observed in oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum (OAVS) patients even though these structures do not derive embryologically from the first and second pharyngeal arches. This neuroimaging study investigated their type, frequency and phenotype correlations among OAVS patients. METHODS: Thirty-five OAVS patients (mean-age 4.8 ± 6.0 years; age...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Goldenhar Syndrome
- Humans
- Infant
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Phenotype
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
