Cheirolumbar dysostosis [wackenheim's syndrome]

A family is reported with constitutional narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal associated with shortened fifth metacarpal bones [brachycheiry]. This represents a relatively rare developmental syndrome, cheirolumbar dysostosis, originally described by Wackenheim

Cerebral hydatid cysts in Chilodon: Unusual imaging findings

Cerebral involvement accounts for approximately 1-4% of patients infected with Echinococcus granulosus. The imaging appearance of a cerebral hydatid cyst comprises usually a single spherical cavity with signal intensity identical to cerebrospinal fluid on CT and MR imaging. In this communication unusual aspects of cerebral hydatid cysts are reported in children. These included multiple cysts, extensive calcifications of the pericyst and parasitic membranes, pericystic edema, and contrast-enhancement on CT and on MR

Neurofibromatosis type2 associated with total callosal absence: a causal relationship!

A combination of neurofibromatosis type 1 and agenesis of the corpus callosum, has previously been reported in one patient by magnetic resonance [MR] imaging. This paper describes MR findings in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 2 associated with total callosal absence. Such a combination has not been reported before. The author suggests that a congenital lesion related with neurofibromatosis occurring at the region of the comissural plate, where the corpus callosum begins to develop, may be the causative factor for total callosal absence in patients with neurofibromatosis