title: Cerebellar cysts in children: a pattern recognition approach.
abstract: Cerebellar cysts may be seen in selected genetic disorders and acquired anomalies. Here, we review our experience, excluding cystic tumors and parasitic cysts. The pathogenesis is heterogeneous: Cysts may involve/represent normal structures (e.g., Virchow-Robin spaces), be "destructive" (such as in some types of pontocerebellar hypoplasias), "malformative" (such as in some forms of congenital muscular dystrophies and GPR56-related migration disorders), or "disruptive" (such as in some cerebellar dysplasias). The provided checklist may be useful in deciding targeted diagnostic workup.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Eugen.Boltshauser@bluewin.ch.
authors.forename: Eugen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boltshauser
authors.forename: Ianina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Scheer
authors.forename: Thierry A G M
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poretti
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000473:pathology*; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000473:pathology