Partial rhombencephalosynapsis and Chiari II malformation

S M Y Wan; P L Khong; P Ip; G C Ooi

Partial rhombencephalosynapsis and Chiari II malformation

Hong Kong Med J. 2005 Aug;11(4):299-302.

Authors

S M Y Wan¹, P L Khong, P Ip, G C Ooi

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, United Kingdom.

PMID: 16085948

Abstract

We report a rare case of partial rhombencephalosynapsis coexistent with Chiari II malformation in a 6-year-old girl and discuss the features of these entities on magnetic resonance imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology*
Arnold-Chiari Malformation / pathology*
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases / pathology
Cerebellum / abnormalities
Child
Encephalocele / pathology
Female
Humans
Kidney / abnormalities
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningomyelocele / pathology
Rhombencephalon / abnormalities*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed