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| Year : 2016 | Volume
: 11
| Issue : 2 | Page : 150-152 |
Primary cerebellar agenesis presenting as isolated cognitive impairment
Obaid Ashraf, Shumyla Jabeen, Azhar Khan, Feroze Shaheen
Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Correspondence Address:
Shumyla Jabeen
R/O Shivpora, Ward No 3, Lane No 9, House No 95, Near Hotel Shams, Srinagar - 190 004, Jammu and Kashmir
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.187646
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.
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