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A child with coexistent hemihypotrophy and parapontine epidermoid.

Golomb MR, Whitehead WE

Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

This report describes a 10-year-old female who presented with poor growth and right hemihypotrophy. She had crossed sensory findings on neurologic examination consistent with a lateral medullary syndrome with no discernible cranial nerve findings, ataxia, or vertigo. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brainstem revealed a large right parapontine epidermoid. The possible relationship between the hemihypotrophy and the epidermoid is discussed.

Published 12 June 2006 in Pediatr Neurol, 34(6): 499-501.
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