title: A child with coexistent hemihypotrophy and parapontine epidermoid.
abstract: This report describes a 10-year-old female who presented with poor growth and right hemihypotrophy. She had crossed sensory findings on neurologic examination consistent with a lateral medullary syndrome with no discernible cranial nerve findings, ataxia, or vertigo. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brainstem revealed a large right parapontine epidermoid. The possible relationship between the hemihypotrophy and the epidermoid is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA. mgolomb@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Meredith R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Golomb
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Whitehead
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans