title: Cerebellar agenesis in a suicide.
abstract: A case of a suicidal death associated with autopsy findings of right cerebellar and vermian agenesis is described. A review of the literature points out the various recurrence of agenesis, symptoms, and the likelihood of motor deficits. The singular coexistence of only behavioral and intellectual deficiency with suicidal inclination in an adult man with partial cerebellar agenesis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health-Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arcudi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Di Corato
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Marella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001344:Autopsy; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000254:growth & development; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide