title: Inferior pontine segmentation abnormality in a child with sensorineural deafness: DTI analysis of fiber tracts.
abstract: MRI/DTI data are presented in a child with sensoneurinal hearing loss and swallowing disorder. MRI/DTI revealed hypoplastic 8th cranial nerves and an inferior pontine segmentation abnormality. Color-coded FA-maps revealed diminished/absent fiber tracts within the affected brainstem segment. This report may add another small puzzle piece to the ongoing research on brainstem malformations.
authors.affiliation: Division Pediatric Radiology, Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287-0842, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oaks
authors.forename: T A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011149:Pons / Q000002:abnormalities*