Syntelencephaly

Case contributed by Ali Alsmair
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Child patient presented with hypotonia and delayed milestones/developmental delay.

Patient Data

Age: 2 years
mri

The lateral ventricles appear dysmorphic with absent septum pellucidum.

Case Discussion

As in this case cerebellar hypoplasia and azygos anterior cerebral artery are well known associations, other associations: Chiari I malformationdorsal cyst of holoprosencephaly, and polymicrogyria.

Genetic assessment may be indicated to exclude mutations such as ZIC2 mutation at 13q32 (which is seen in 5-6% of cases).

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