Computed tomography in oculocraniosomatic disease (Kearns-Sayre syndrome)

Radiology. 1979 Jan;130(1):159-64. doi: 10.1148/130.1.159.

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) in patients with oculocraniosomatic disease (OCSD) or Kearns-Sayre syndrome has not been previously reported to the authors' knowledge. CT scans were performed in 6 children and 3 adults with OCSD. Abnormalities in children included: intracranial calcifications (4 patients); white matter disease (3 patients); cerebellar hypoplasia (1 patient); and scattered areas of decreased density in the cerebellar hemispheres, mesencephalon, and thalamus (1 patient). CT scans were normal in all adults. OCSD should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with intracranial calcification and white matter disease.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Ataxia / complications
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / complications
  • Basal Ganglia Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Calcinosis / complications
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / complications
  • Heart Block / complications*
  • Heart Block / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hypoparathyroidism / complications
  • Hypoparathyroidism / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ophthalmoplegia / complications*
  • Ophthalmoplegia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pseudohypoparathyroidism / complications
  • Pseudohypoparathyroidism / diagnostic imaging
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / complications*
  • Retinitis Pigmentosa / diagnostic imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Thalamus / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*