Prepontine lesions with chiari II malformation. Report of two cases. Pediatr Neurosurg 2000 Sep;33(3):113-7
Date
11/30/2000Pubmed ID
11096357DOI
10.1159/000028991Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0033668068 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)Abstract
In 2 cases of infants with the Chiari II malformation, a prepontine cyst presented in association with the hindbrain abnormalities characteristic of the Chiari II syndrome. Both infants presented with bulbar dysfunction and had poor outcome despite decompression of the cerebellar tonsillar herniation and drainage of the prepontine cysts. No such association between prepontine lesions and Chiari II has been described previously.
Author List
Ojemann JG, Park TS, Moran CJ, Godken M, Kaufman BAAuthor
Bruce A. Kaufman MD Adjunct Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Arnold-Chiari MalformationBrain Diseases
Brain Stem
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Cysts
Decompression, Surgical
Diagnosis, Differential
Escherichia coli Infections
Fatal Outcome
Histiocytosis
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningomyelocele
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
