title: Neuropathological findings in the cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal (Pena-Shokeir II) syndrome.
abstract: An autopsy case is described of an infant with cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal (COFS) (Pena-Shokeir II) syndrome who died of pneumonia at the age of 5 months, and the pathology of the CNS in this case and the cases in literature were reviewed. Neuropathological examination revealed a partial defect of the corpus callosum, lobulation of the caudate nucleus and putamen, polymicrogyria in the parietal lobes and neuronal heterotopia in the cerebral and cerebellar white matter. The migration disorders suggest that the onset starts in the early fetal period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000002:abnormalities; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000002:abnormalities; D014427:Twins