NEURORADIOLOGY: Case ReportCongenital Cleft in the Pontomedullary JunctionSener, R. Nuri Author Information From the Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. R. N. Sener, Department of Radiology, Ege University Hospital, Bornova, Izmir 35100, Turkey. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography: July 2003 - Volume 27 - Issue 4 - p 544-546 Buy Abstract A 4-month-old boy is reported with complete absence of horizontal gaze. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a congenital cleft at the pontomedullary junction directed from the right anterior paramedian region toward the posterior midline, sparing the posterior region of the pontine tegmentum and the medulla oblongata. Such clefts are extremely rare, and there is only 1 previous report in the literature. © 2003 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
