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Rhombencephalosynapsis

MedGen UID:
356456
Concept ID:
C1866130
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: rhombencephalosynapsis
SNOMED CT: Rhombencephalosynapsis (442300000)
Modes of inheritance:
Not genetically inherited
MedGen UID:
988794
Concept ID:
CN307044
Finding
Source: Orphanet
clinical entity without genetic inheritance.
 
HPO: HP:0031913
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0018946
Orphanet: ORPHA59315

Definition

Rhombencephalosynapsis is a rare brain malformation defined by midline fusion of the cerebellar hemispheres with partial or complete loss of the intervening vermis. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRhombencephalosynapsis
Follow this link to review classifications for Rhombencephalosynapsis in Orphanet.

Conditions with this feature

Gomez Lopez Hernandez syndrome
MedGen UID:
163201
Concept ID:
C0795959
Disease or Syndrome
Gomez-Lopez-Hernandez syndrome (GLHS), also known as cerebellotrigeminal dermal dysplasia, is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome classically characterized by the triad of rhombencephalosynapsis, trigeminal anesthesia, often giving rise to corneal opacities, and bilateral parietal or parietooccipital alopecia. However, trigeminal anesthesia is an inconsistent finding (summary by Sukhudyan et al., 2010).
Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and cerebellar hypoplasia
MedGen UID:
1786150
Concept ID:
C5543332
Disease or Syndrome
Neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphic facies and cerebellar hypoplasia (NEDFACH) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by global developmental delay and intellectual disability. The phenotype is variable: more severely affected individuals have poor overall growth with microcephaly, delayed walking, spasticity, and poor or absent speech, whereas others may achieve more significant developmental milestones and even attend special schooling. Brain imaging shows abnormalities of the cerebellum, most commonly cerebellar hypoplasia, although other features, such as thin corpus callosum and delayed myelination, may also be present. Dysmorphic facial features include sloping forehead, upslanting palpebral fissures, and hypertelorism. Additional more variable manifestations may include cardiac ventricular septal defect, spasticity, cataracts, optic nerve hypoplasia, seizures, and joint contractures (summary by Van Bergen et al., 2020).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Haratz KK, Lerman-Sagie T
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2018 Nov;22(6):1016-1026. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2018.06.011. PMID: 30448280
Poretti A, Boltshauser E, Doherty D
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2014 Jun;166C(2):211-26. Epub 2014 May 16 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31398. PMID: 24839100

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Moosavi A, Kanekar S
Clin Perinatol 2022 Sep;49(3):603-621. Epub 2022 Aug 20 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2022.04.003. PMID: 36113925
Fouda MA, Kim TY, Cohen AR
World Neurosurg 2022 Mar;159:48-53. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.062. PMID: 34954057
Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Whitehead MT, Vezina G
Pediatr Radiol 2020 Jun;50(7):984-989. Epub 2020 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s00247-020-04641-0. PMID: 32185447
Alkan O, Kizilkilic O, Yildirim T
Cerebellum 2009 Sep;8(3):355-65. Epub 2009 Apr 1 doi: 10.1007/s12311-009-0104-x. PMID: 19337779

Diagnosis

Fouda MA, Kim TY, Cohen AR
World Neurosurg 2022 Mar;159:48-53. Epub 2021 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.12.062. PMID: 34954057
Aldinger KA, Dempsey JC, Tully HM, Grout ME, Mehaffey MG, Dobyns WB, Doherty D
Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2018 Dec;178(4):432-439. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31666. PMID: 30580482Free PMC Article
Haratz KK, Lerman-Sagie T
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2018 Nov;22(6):1016-1026. Epub 2018 Jul 6 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2018.06.011. PMID: 30448280
Lerman-Sagie T, Prayer D, Stöcklein S, Malinger G
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;155:3-23. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64189-2.00001-9. PMID: 29891067
Shekdar K
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2011 Jun;32(3):228-41. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2011.02.003. PMID: 21596278

Therapy

Perrone E, D'Almeida V, de Macena Sobreira NL, de Mello CB, de Oliveira AC, Burlin S, Soares MFF, Cernach MCSP, Alvarez Perez AB
Am J Med Genet A 2020 Jul;182(7):1761-1766. Epub 2020 Apr 17 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61594. PMID: 32302043Free PMC Article
Heaphy-Henault KJ, Guimaraes CV, Mehollin-Ray AR, Cassady CI, Zhang W, Desai NK, Paldino MJ
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2018 May;39(5):942-948. Epub 2018 Mar 8 doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5590. PMID: 29519789Free PMC Article
Pasquier L, Marcorelles P, Loget P, Pelluard F, Carles D, Perez MJ, Bendavid C, de La Rochebrochard C, Ferry M, David V, Odent S, Laquerrière A
Acta Neuropathol 2009 Feb;117(2):185-200. Epub 2008 Dec 5 doi: 10.1007/s00401-008-0469-9. PMID: 19057916
Michaud J, Mizrahi EM, Urich H
Acta Neuropathol 1982;56(3):161-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00690631. PMID: 7072487

Prognosis

Accogli A, Addour-Boudrahem N, Srour M
Cerebellum 2021 Aug;20(4):631-658. Epub 2021 Feb 3 doi: 10.1007/s12311-020-01224-5. PMID: 33534089
Mak CCY, Doherty D, Lin AE, Vegas N, Cho MT, Viot G, Dimartino C, Weisfeld-Adams JD, Lessel D, Joss S, Li C, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Zarate YA, Ehmke N, Horn D, Troyer C, Kant SG, Lee Y, Ishak GE, Leung G, Barone Pritchard A, Yang S, Bend EG, Filippini F, Roadhouse C, Lebrun N, Mehaffey MG, Martin PM, Apple B, Millan F, Puk O, Hoffer MJV, Henderson LB, McGowan R, Wentzensen IM, Pei S, Zahir FR, Yu M, Gibson WT, Seman A, Steeves M, Murrell JR, Luettgen S, Francisco E, Strom TM, Amlie-Wolf L, Kaindl AM, Wilson WG, Halbach S, Basel-Salmon L, Lev-El N, Denecke J, Vissers LELM, Radtke K, Chelly J, Zackai E, Friedman JM, Bamshad MJ, Nickerson DA; University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Reid RR, Devriendt K, Chae JH, Stolerman E, McDougall C, Powis Z, Bienvenu T, Tan TY, Orenstein N, Dobyns WB, Shieh JT, Choi M, Waggoner D, Gripp KW, Parker MJ, Stoler J, Lyonnet S, Cormier-Daire V, Viskochil D, Hoffman TL, Amiel J, Chung BHY, Gordon CT
Brain 2020 Jan 1;143(1):55-68. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz379. PMID: 31834374Free PMC Article
Poretti A, Boltshauser E, Huisman TAGM
Cerebellum 2016 Feb;15(1):5-9. doi: 10.1007/s12311-015-0699-z. PMID: 26166429
Ishak GE, Dempsey JC, Shaw DW, Tully H, Adam MP, Sanchez-Lara PA, Glass I, Rue TC, Millen KJ, Dobyns WB, Doherty D
Brain 2012 May;135(Pt 5):1370-86. Epub 2012 Mar 26 doi: 10.1093/brain/aws065. PMID: 22451504Free PMC Article
Alkan O, Kizilkilic O, Yildirim T
Cerebellum 2009 Sep;8(3):355-65. Epub 2009 Apr 1 doi: 10.1007/s12311-009-0104-x. PMID: 19337779

Clinical prediction guides

Krajden Haratz K, Oliveira Szejnfeld P, Govindaswamy M, Leibovitz Z, Gindes L, Severino M, Rossi A, Paladini D, Garcia Rodriguez R, Ben-Sira L, Borkowski Tillman T, Gupta R, Lotem G, Raz N, Hamamoto TENK, Kidron D, Arad A, Birnbaum R, Brussilov M, Pomar L, Vial Y, Leventer RJ, McGillivray G, Fink M, Krzeszowski W, Fernandes Moron A, Lev D, Tamarkin M, Shalev J, Har Toov J, Lerman-Sagie T, Malinger G
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021 Dec;58(6):864-874. doi: 10.1002/uog.23660. PMID: 33942916
Bonnetain MF, Rougeot-Jung C, Sarret C, Lion-François L, Revol O, Peyric E, Velazquez-Dominguez J, Miret A, Rossi M, Massoud M, Laurichesse-Delmas H, Guibaud L, des Portes V
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2020 Nov;29:92-100. Epub 2020 Sep 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2020.09.007. PMID: 33046393
Mak CCY, Doherty D, Lin AE, Vegas N, Cho MT, Viot G, Dimartino C, Weisfeld-Adams JD, Lessel D, Joss S, Li C, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Zarate YA, Ehmke N, Horn D, Troyer C, Kant SG, Lee Y, Ishak GE, Leung G, Barone Pritchard A, Yang S, Bend EG, Filippini F, Roadhouse C, Lebrun N, Mehaffey MG, Martin PM, Apple B, Millan F, Puk O, Hoffer MJV, Henderson LB, McGowan R, Wentzensen IM, Pei S, Zahir FR, Yu M, Gibson WT, Seman A, Steeves M, Murrell JR, Luettgen S, Francisco E, Strom TM, Amlie-Wolf L, Kaindl AM, Wilson WG, Halbach S, Basel-Salmon L, Lev-El N, Denecke J, Vissers LELM, Radtke K, Chelly J, Zackai E, Friedman JM, Bamshad MJ, Nickerson DA; University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics, Reid RR, Devriendt K, Chae JH, Stolerman E, McDougall C, Powis Z, Bienvenu T, Tan TY, Orenstein N, Dobyns WB, Shieh JT, Choi M, Waggoner D, Gripp KW, Parker MJ, Stoler J, Lyonnet S, Cormier-Daire V, Viskochil D, Hoffman TL, Amiel J, Chung BHY, Gordon CT
Brain 2020 Jan 1;143(1):55-68. doi: 10.1093/brain/awz379. PMID: 31834374Free PMC Article
Poretti A, Alber FD, Bürki S, Toelle SP, Boltshauser E
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2009 Jan;13(1):28-33. Epub 2008 Apr 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2008.02.005. PMID: 18407532
Demaerel P, Morel C, Lagae L, Wilms G
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004 Jan;25(1):29-31. PMID: 14729524Free PMC Article

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