Late fetal pontine destruction

Pediatr Neurol. 1993 May-Jun;9(3):213-5. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(93)90087-s.

Abstract

A child with an absent pons is described who died 8 weeks after birth. At postmortem examination, the defect was consistent with a vascular event in the last trimester.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Basilar Artery / abnormalities
  • Basilar Artery / pathology
  • Cerebellar Nuclei / abnormalities
  • Cerebellar Nuclei / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Medulla Oblongata / abnormalities
  • Medulla Oblongata / pathology
  • Muscle Spasticity / congenital*
  • Muscle Spasticity / pathology
  • Muscle Spasticity / physiopathology
  • Neural Inhibition / physiology
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Pons / abnormalities*
  • Pons / pathology
  • Spinal Cord / physiopathology