Open AccessPrimary cerebellar agenesis presenting as isolated cognitive impairment
Author(s) -
Obaid Ashraf,
Shumyla Jabeen,
Aziz Khan,
Feroze Shaheen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.187646
Subject(s) - medicine , agenesis , cognitive impairment , motor impairment , pediatrics , cognition , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anatomy , psychiatry
Primary cerebellar agenesis is a rare entity. To the best of our knowledge, eleven living cases have been reported till date. Most of these were associated with some degree of motor impairment. We present a case of cerebellar agenesis in a child who presented with cognitive abnormalities leading to poor performance at school. No motor impairment was seen. Among the eleven cases reported earlier, only one case showed lack of motor impairment.