Malformations 07

Topic: Pathology

Created on Sunday, February 15 2009 by gliageek

Last modified on Sunday, February 15 2009.

 
        A) Severe psychomotor retardation, feeding difficulty, choreiform movements, myoclonic jerks
 
        B) Hydrocephalus, prominent occiput, poor head control
 
        C) Truncal ataxia, mental retardation
 
        D) Occipital encephalocele, polydactyly, polycystic kidneys, hepatic fibrosis
 
        E) Episodic hyperpnea, abnormal eye movements, ataxia, and mental retardation
 

 

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This question was created on February 15, 2009 by gliageek.
This question was last modified on February 15, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A) Severe psychomotor retardation, feeding difficulty, choreiform movements, myoclonic jerks

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Ponto(neo)cerebellar hypoplasia  (See References)

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B) Hydrocephalus, prominent occiput, poor head control

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Typical early life presentation of Dandy-Walker syndrome  (See References)

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C) Truncal ataxia, mental retardation

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Rhombencephalosynapsis is characterised by dorsal fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres, hypoplasia of the vermis, fusion of dentate nuclei and superior cerebellar peduncles  (See References)

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D) Occipital encephalocele, polydactyly, polycystic kidneys, hepatic fibrosis

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Meckel-Gruber syndrome  (See References)

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E) Episodic hyperpnea, abnormal eye movements, ataxia, and mental retardation

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Joubert syndrome, which shows much less dilatation of IVth ventricle, and many more abnormalities in roof nuclei  (See References)

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References:

1. Love, S., Louis, D.N., and Ellison, D.W. (2008). Greenfield's Neuropathology, 8th Edition. Oxford University Press, USA (ISBN:0340906820)	Advertising:
2. Pasquier, L., Marcorelles, P., Loget, P., Pelluard, F., Carles, D., Perez, M., Bendavid, C., de La Rochebrochard, C., Ferry, M., David, V., Odent, S., and Laquerrière, A. (2009). "Rhombencephalosynapsis and related anomalies: a neuropathological study of 40 fetal cases." Acta Neuropathol, 117(2) 185-200. (PMID:19057916)

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Malformations 07
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