title: Sensorineural deafness, hydrocephalus and structural brain abnormalities in two sisters: the Chudley-McCullough syndrome.
abstract: We describe an Italian family in which two sisters have macrocephaly due to hydrocephalus, and sensorineural hearing loss in addition to other brain abnormalities demonstrated by Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The girls, born to healthy non-consanguineous parents, have borderline psychomotor development delay (probably due to hearing defect) and minor dysmorphisms. The clinical picture fits the Chudley-McCullough syndrome, an autosomal recessive condition, to date described in only five families. Our data, in particular the neuroradiological findings, include all brain anomalies variably reported in previous works (hydrocephalus, corpus callosum partial agenesis, interhemispheric cyst, cerebral and cerebellar cortex dysplasia), thus illustrating the full phenotype of the syndrome.
authors.affiliation: 3rd Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. f.matteucci@ent.med.unipi.it
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Matteucci
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tarantino
authors.forename: Maria Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cingolani
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fattori
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nacci
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ursino
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology*; D035781:Siblings; D013577:Syndrome