title: Prenatal magnetic resonance imaging in Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome and review of the literature.
abstract: Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome, or cerebello-trigeminal-dermal dysplasia (OMIM#601853), is a rare syndrome comprising cerebellar abnormalities, parieto-occipital alopecia, trigeminal nerve anesthesia, intellectual impairment, craniosynostosis, short stature, and craniofacial anomalies. It has been reported in ten patients, five of whom are Brazilian. Rhombencephalosynapsis is a rare sporadic cerebellar anomaly comprising fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres with agenesis of the cerebellar vermis. Rhombencephalosynapsis is a constant feature of Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome. We present the clinical and imaging findings of a Caucasian male infant with Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome. Rhombencephalosynapsis was diagnosed with fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after an abnormally shaped small cerebellum was detected by antenatal ultrasound (US). Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome was diagnosed at age 6 weeks when parietal alopecia was noted. Prenatal imaging studies of Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome have not been published before. When rhombencephalosynapsis is diagnosed prenatally, the clinical features of Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome should be sought at postnatal review. Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome and isolated rhombencephalosynapsis may have a common etiology.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Health Services Victoria, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. tiong.tan@ghsv.org.au
authors.forename: Tiong Yang
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGillivray
authors.forename: Stacy K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Goergen
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome