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A 7-month-old boy had grown appropriately until 3 months of age when his weight dropped from the fiftieth percentile to the fifth percentile over 2 months despite adequate caloric intake. He had multiple episodes of emesis and was diagnosed with failure to thrive. His gastrointestinal evaluation was normal. At 6 months of age, he developed a constant, monocular nystagmus in the right eye. He was a full-term product of a normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery.
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Brodsky, M.C. (2023). Russell Diencephalic Syndrome of Infancy with Monocular Nystagmus: A Baby with Monocular Nystagmus and Failure to Thrive. In: Heidary, G., Phillips, P.H. (eds) Fundamentals of Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16147-6_35
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