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Small posterior fossa

MedGen UID:
868105
Concept ID:
C4022496
Finding
HPO: HP:0040010

Term Hierarchy

Conditions with this feature

Neurodevelopmental disorder with severe motor impairment, absent language, cerebral hypomyelination, and brain atrophy
MedGen UID:
1823958
Concept ID:
C5774185
Disease or Syndrome
Neurodevelopmental disorder with severe motor impairment, absent language, cerebral hypomyelination, and brain atrophy (NEDMLHB) is characterized by the onset of these features soon after birth or in early infancy. Affected individuals make almost no developmental progress, are unable to sit or walk, do not acquire speech, have poor visual fixation, and show poor overall growth associated with feeding problems. Some may have a progressive disease course, suggesting neurodegeneration. Additional more variable features include seizures, spasticity, and joint contractures. Brain imaging shows hypomyelination, thin corpus callosum, and cerebral and cerebellar atrophy (Wong et al., 2022).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Etiology

Almqvist Téran N, Loayza R, Wikström J, Ericson H, Abu Hamdeh S, Svedung Wettervik T
World Neurosurg 2023 Nov;179:e397-e403. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.102. PMID: 37652132
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Steggerda SJ, de Bruïne FT, Smits-Wintjens VE, Verbon P, Walther FJ, van Wezel-Meijler G
Eur Radiol 2015 Sep;25(9):2575-83. Epub 2015 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-3665-8. PMID: 25899415Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Musolf AM, Ho WSC, Long KA, Zhuang Z, Argersinger DP, Sun H, Moiz BA, Simpson CL, Mendelevich EG, Bogdanov EI, Bailey-Wilson JE, Heiss JD
Eur J Hum Genet 2019 Oct;27(10):1599-1610. Epub 2019 Jun 21 doi: 10.1038/s41431-019-0457-7. PMID: 31227808Free PMC Article
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Eur Radiol 2017 Sep;27(9):3710-3715. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-4773-4. PMID: 28275901
Park YS, Ha SM
Acta Radiol 2015 Dec;56(12):1514-8. Epub 2014 Dec 8 doi: 10.1177/0284185114561914. PMID: 25487716
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Therapy

Almqvist Téran N, Loayza R, Wikström J, Ericson H, Abu Hamdeh S, Svedung Wettervik T
World Neurosurg 2023 Nov;179:e397-e403. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.102. PMID: 37652132
Zhi M, Lu XJ, Wang Q, Li B
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Kumar A, Agrawal M, Prakash S, Somorendra S, Singh PK, Garg A, Singh M, Sharma BS
World Neurosurg 2016 Jul;91:677.e1-7. Epub 2016 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.04.111. PMID: 27157279
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Prognosis

Han S, Li Y, Li Z, Wang X, Gao J
Neurol Res 2021 Mar;43(3):173-180. Epub 2020 Oct 12 doi: 10.1080/01616412.2020.1833158. PMID: 33043847
Steggerda SJ, de Bruïne FT, Smits-Wintjens VE, Verbon P, Walther FJ, van Wezel-Meijler G
Eur Radiol 2015 Sep;25(9):2575-83. Epub 2015 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-3665-8. PMID: 25899415Free PMC Article
Roller LA, Bruce BB, Saindane AM
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Sahuquillo J, Rubio E, Poca MA, Rovira A, Rodriguez-Baeza A, Cervera C
Neurosurgery 1994 Nov;35(5):874-84; discussion 884-5. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199411000-00011. PMID: 7838336
Williams B
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 1993;20:107-64. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6912-4_4. PMID: 8397533

Clinical prediction guides

Almqvist Téran N, Loayza R, Wikström J, Ericson H, Abu Hamdeh S, Svedung Wettervik T
World Neurosurg 2023 Nov;179:e397-e403. Epub 2023 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.08.102. PMID: 37652132
Inoue T, Nakaura T, Yoshida M, Yokoyama K, Hirata K, Kidoh M, Oda S, Utsunomiya D, Harada K, Yamashita Y
Eur Radiol 2017 Sep;27(9):3710-3715. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-4773-4. PMID: 28275901
Pathmanaban ON, Burke KA, Leach P, Thorne J, Kamaly-Asl ID
World Neurosurg 2017 Jan;97:755.e11-755.e15. Epub 2016 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.10.027. PMID: 27756665
Steggerda SJ, de Bruïne FT, Smits-Wintjens VE, Verbon P, Walther FJ, van Wezel-Meijler G
Eur Radiol 2015 Sep;25(9):2575-83. Epub 2015 Apr 22 doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-3665-8. PMID: 25899415Free PMC Article
Park YS, Ha SM
Acta Radiol 2015 Dec;56(12):1514-8. Epub 2014 Dec 8 doi: 10.1177/0284185114561914. PMID: 25487716

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