The present prospective study aimed to investigate the structural and functional changes in patients with concomitant exotropia using multimodal MRI. A total of 11 adult patients with concomitant exotropia (5 males and 6 females) and 11 healthy adult individuals (5 males and 6 females) were recruited and examined using multimodal MRI techniques. Near and distance exotropia deviation angles were measured. The structrual changes were evaluated using the gray matter volume. Functional reorganization was assessed using the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation, regional homogeneity and resting-state functional connectivity (FC) on MRI. No significant differences could be found in terms of sex, age or body mass index between the two groups. However, the near and distance exotropia angles were significantly higer in the concomitant exotropia group compared with those in the normal control group (P<0.001). Compared with those in normal individuals, the bilateral thalamus, right middle temporal gyrus (MTG) and right cuneus had significantly reduced gray matter volumes in the concomitant exotropia group (false discovery rate corrected, P<0.05). Reduced FC was found between the bilateral thalamus and the bilateral precuneus, between the right MTG and the right medial superior frontal gyrus in addition to the right precuneus, and between the right cuneus and the right primary sensorimotor cortex (P<0.05, Gaussian random-field corrected) in the concomitant exotropia group compared with that in the normal individuals. In conclusion, the present study indicated that structural and functional reorganization occurs in specific brain regions of patients with concomitant exotropia. These reorganized areas appeared to mainly involve the subcortical structures and related cortices that process visual information.
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