Monika Bekiesińska-Figatowska, Elżbieta Jurkiewicz, Sylwia Szkudlińska-Pawlak, Katarzyna Malczyk, Katarzyna Nowak
BACKGROUND: Rhombencephalosynapsis (RES) is a rare malformation of the posterior cranial fossa, characterized by fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres, medial cerebellar peduncles and dentate nuclei. Over the period of 7 years 8 cases of this anomaly have been diagnosed in two pediatric centers in Warsaw including one on the prenatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MATERIAL/METHODS: Material consists of involves one fetus examined at the gestational age of 27 and 33 weeks and 7 children (5 girls and 2 boys) aged 8 months - 16 years...
July 2012: Polish Journal of Radiology