Rhombencephalosynapsis presenting antenatally with ventriculomegaly/ hydrocephalus in a likely case of Gomez-López-Hernández syndrome

Clinical Dysmorphology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Bowdin, Sarah ^a   Phelan, Ethna ^b   Watson, Rosemarie ^b   McCreery, Kathryn M ^b   Reardon, William ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia aplasia; Gomez L pez Hern ndez syndrome; Hydrocephalus; Rhombencephalosynapsis; Scalp alopecia; Trigeminal anaesthesia; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; AMBLYOPIA; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANESTHESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GOMEZ LOPEZ HERNANDEZ SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALOSYNAPSIS; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; VENTRICULOMEGALY;

CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SYNDROME;

EID: 33845644491     PISSN: 09628827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcd.0000228426.97284.ff     Document Type: Review

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