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Severe Cerebellar Degeneration and Chiari I Malformation - Speculative pathophysiology based on a systematic review

SUMMARY BACKGROUND Symptomatic Chiari Type I Malformation (CM) is treated with posterior fossa decompression with or without duroplasty. We have noticed some cases with concomitant severe cerebellar ataxia due to cerebellar atrophy. The aim of this study is to review the literature of CM associated wit...

Anestesia total intravenosa libre de opioides en un paciente con síndrome de Joubert: caso clínico

Rev. chil. anest; 49 (5), 2020
Joubert syndrome (JS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormal eye movements, respiratory pattern abnormalities, anatomical airway alterations, mental retardation and hypoplasia/aplasia of the cerebellar vermis confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. This case report describes th...

Lhermitte-Duclos Disease and Cowden Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Arq. bras. neurocir; 38 (4), 2019
Lhermitte-Duclos disease (LDD), also known as dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum, is a rare, usually benign, slow-growing tumor, that commonly affects patients aged 30 to 50 years-old. The manifestations of dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma are nonspecific and are related both to the mass effec...

Hidrocefalia Congénita: Síndrome de Gómez-López-Hernández, un síndrome subdiagnosticado. Caso clínico

Rev. chil. pediatr; 89 (1), 2018
Resumen: Introducción: Las hidrocefalias son condiciones complejas influenciadas por factores genéticos y ambientales. Excluyendo las hidrocefalias adquiridas por infección o tumores encefálicos, las hidrocefalias congénitas de causa genética pueden ocurrir de forma aislada (hidrocefalia aislada,...

The molar tooth sign and the bat wing appearance in Joubert syndrome

Clin. biomed. res; 38 (1), 2018

Linguagem, comportamento e neurodesenvolvimento na Síndrome de Joubert: relato de caso

CoDAS; 28 (6), 2016
RESUMO A síndrome de Joubert (SJ) é uma condição genética heterogênea, rara, do grupo das ciliopatias. Mais de 20 genes foram identificados relacionados com este fenótipo. As principais manifestações incluem hipotonia, ataxia, atraso psicomotor, apraxia oculomotora e anormalidades respiratórias...