title: Postnatal in-vivo MRI findings in anencephaly.
abstract: We report on the MRI findings of an anencephalic infant who survived 10 weeks postnatally. MRI showed absence of the cranial vault, all supratentorial structures, and the cerebellum. A brainstem primordium without pontine prominence was present. The brainstem was surrounded by the area cerebrovasculosa. The absence of a pontine prominence in an anencephalic infant without cerebellar tissue supports the hypothesis that absent pontine prominence is found in children with a prenatal loss of cerebellar tissue.
authors: Division of Pediatric Radiology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors: A
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authors: Poretti
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authors: Meoded
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authors: Ceritoglu
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authors: Boltshauser
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authors: Huisman
mesh_terms: D000757:Anencephaly / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*