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Table 2 Infratentorial neuroimaging findings in 15 patients with OFD VI

From: Delineation and Diagnostic Criteria of Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome Type VI

Cerebellar and brainstem neuroimaging findings

Patients (%)

Posterior fossa

Size

Enlarged

10 (67%)

 

Retrocerebellar fluid

Marked

7 (47%)

 

Prepontine cistern

Enlarged

4 (27%)

 

Foramen magnum cephalocele

2 (13%)

Cerebellar hemispheres

Size

Reduced

6 (40%)

  

Enlarged

0 (0%)

 

Morphology

Folial disorganization

8 (53%)

 

Interhemispheric cleft

< 1 mm

8 (53%)

  

1-2 mm

4 (27%)

  

> 2 mm

3 (20%)

Superior cerebellar peduncles

Width

Minimally thickened

4 (27%)

  

Obviously thickened

11 (73%)

 

Length

Very elongated

1 (7%)

 

Axial orientation

Parallel

10 (67%)

  

A-like

2 (13%)

  

V-like

0 (0%)

  

Curved

3 (20%)

 

Sagittal orientation

Horizontal

7 (47%)

  

Ascending

8 (53%)

 

Morphology

Irregular contour

1 (7%)

Ponto-mesencephalic isthmus

Interpeduncular fossa

Obviously deepened

14 (93%)

  

Minimally deepened

1 (7%)

 

Interpeduncular heterotopia

2 (13%)

Cerebral peduncles

Tooth-crown

Asymmetric

3 (20%)

Mesencephalon

Morphology

Dysmorphic

2 (13%)

 

Length

Shortened

0 (0%)

  

Elongated

2 (13%)

 

Width

Thinned

3 (20%)

  

Thickened

4 (27%)

 

Tectum

Dysmorphic

10 (67%)

Pons

Width

Reduced

5 (33%)

  

Enlarged

0 (0%)

Medulla

Morphology

Dysmorphic

1 (7%)

 

Width

Reduced

0 (0%)

  

Enlarged

1 (7%)

  1. OFD VI, Oral-Facial-Digital Syndrome type VI