Summary of MRI/MRA findings for individuals with PITX2-related ARS and FOXC1-related ARS
ID | Gene/variant | Study | Age (years) | Development | Cerebellum | White matter | Ventricles | Corpus callosum | Arachnoid cyst | Other | Ocular abnormalities |
Ind 4 | PITX2- PTC | MRI | 40–45 | WNL | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | None | – | Possible mild staphyloma |
Ind 7 | MRI | 45–50 | WNL | Normal | WMH: few punctate foci in frontal and parietal subcortical WM | Normal | Normal | None | – | None | |
Ind 25 | FOXC1- DEL | MRI | 30–35 | LD/delays* | Normal | WMH: few punctate foci in frontal subcortical WM | Normal | Normal | None | – | Enhancing lesion in L extraconal space |
Case 282 | MRI | 50–55 | WNL | Low lying cerebellar tonsils | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV and deep WM | Indwelling R shunt catheter | Normal | None | – | None | |
Ind 29 | MRI | <1 | WNL | Normal | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV, deep and subcortical WM; enlarged perivascular spaces | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | – | None | |
Ind 32 | MRI | 60–65 | WNL | Normal | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV, deep and subcortical WM | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | – | B staphyloma | |
Ind. 33 | MRI | <1 | CI | DWM | WMH: ill-defined lesions in the PV and deep WM | Moderate ventriculomegaly | CC dysgenesis | Large posterior fossa cyst | – | B staphyloma. R PHPV | |
Ind 34 | MRI | 10–11 | Early delays resolved | Normal | WMH: ill-defined faint lesions in PV WM, prominent perivascular spaces, stable at 1.5 years later | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | – | None | |
Ind 23 | MRI | 40–45 | WNL | WMH: stable, non-specific foci in PV and subcortical WM | Normal | Abnl inferior splenium border | None | Prominent sella | Enlarged R globe | ||
Ind 37 | FOXC1- PTC | MRI | 10–15 | WNL | Normal | Normal | Normal | Normal | None | Possible small heterotopia | None |
Ind 41 | MRI | 5–10 | CI* | Normal | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV, deep and subcortical WM; stable at 1 y later | Mild colpocephaly | Mild posterior volume loss | Small L anterior temporal | – | B staphyloma | |
Ind 45 | MRI | 1–2 | Early delays | Normal | WMH: ill-defined lesions in PV and deep WM | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | Suprasellar interpeduncular cisterns | Small Rathke cleft cyst | None | |
Ind 46 | MRI/MRA | <1 | WNL | Normal | WHM: lesions in parietal PV WM | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | – | None | |
Ind 47 | MRI | 20–25 | WNL | Normal | WMH: few punctate foci in frontal and parietal PV and subcortical WM | Mild ventriculomegaly with colpocephaly | Mild volume loss | L anterior temporal and anterior to cerebellum | – | None | |
Ind 48 | MRI | 50–55 | WNL | Normal | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV, deep and subcortical WM | Mild ventriculomegaly with colpocephaly | Mild volume loss | B anterior temporal and L cerebellopontine angle | – | None | |
Ind 54 | MRI/MRA | 1–2 | Early delays resolved | Normal | WMH: ill-defined lesions in PV WM | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | R cavernous internal carotid tortuosity | Small non-enhancing lesions in the orbits | |
Ind 55 | MRI | 10–15 | WNL | Low lying cerebellar tonsils | WMH: several punctate foci in subcortical WM, stable since first MRI at 1 year | Mild ventriculomegaly | Mild volume loss | Suprasellar arachnoid cyst | Circle of Willis distortion; cystic encephalomalacia in SEZ | None | |
Ind 76 | FOXC1- MIS | MRI | <1 | DD/CI | Too young to evaluate | B very shallow anterior chamber | |||||
MRI | 5–10 | Normal | WMH: numerous ill-defined lesions in PV and deep WM | Mild colpocephaly | Normal | None | – | B intraocular lens removed. R microphthalmia |
Bold features are shown in figure 3.
*Delayed treatment.
†Review of report only.
ARS, Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome; B, bilateral; CC, corpus callosum; CI, cognitive impairment; DD, developmental delay; DEL, deletion; DWM, Dandy-Walker malformation; Ind, individual; L, left; MIS, missense; MRA, MR angiography; PHPV, persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous; PTC, premature termination codon; PV, periventricular; R, right; SEZ, subependymal zone; WM, white matter; WMH, white matter hyperintensity; WNL, within normal limit.