Heterotopic growth of dysplastic cerebellum in frontal encephalocele in an infant of a diabetic mother

Can J Neurol Sci. 1982 Feb;9(1):31-5. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100043596.

Abstract

An infant of a diabetic mother lived 13 days after birth. She had a small dysplastic 12.6 gm. brain, partly forming a frontal encephalocele. The uncleaved forebrain contained a mass of poorly organized heterotopic cerebellar cortex. The cerebellum itself had normal lamination, but was small and continuous with the dysplastic tissue. The ventricular system was absent except for a few midline ependymal rosettes, and the cerebral cortex was not developed. The cerebellar dysplasia resembled a proliferative and invasive lesion by its rostral extension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / pathology*
  • Cerebellar Diseases / etiology
  • Cerebellar Diseases / pathology*
  • Cerebellum / pathology
  • Encephalocele / etiology
  • Encephalocele / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics*