title: Prepontine lesions with chiari II malformation. Report of two cases.
abstract: In 2 cases of infants with the Chiari II malformation, a prepontine cyst presented in association with the hindbrain abnormalities characteristic of the Chiari II syndrome. Both infants presented with bulbar dysfunction and had poor outcome despite decompression of the cerebellar tonsillar herniation and drainage of the prepontine cysts. No such association between prepontine lesions and Chiari II has been described previously.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurological Surgery, Neuroradiology and Neuropathology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ojemann
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Godken
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D015614:Histiocytosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt