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. 2015 Oct 19;27(2):213–220. doi: 10.1007/s00062-015-0472-1

Table 2.

Summary of the magnetic resonance findings

Magnetic resonance imaging Case 1/at the age of 10 year Case 2/at the age of 5 year
Hypomyelination of the cerebellar white matter Yes Yes less accentuated
Hypomyelination of middle cerebellar peduncles Yes Yes less accentuated
Atrophy of the cerebellar vermis Yes No
Atrophy of the cerebellar hemispheres Yes mild No
Myelinated dentate nuclei Yes Yes less accentuated
Atrophy of the cerebral hemispheres Yes mild No
Hypomyelination of the cerebral white matter Yes Yes
Myelinated optic radiation Yes Yes
Myelinated inferior colliculi Yes Yes
T2-hypointense posterior limb of the internal capsules signal No No
Corpus callosum unmyelinated Yes Yes
Thin corpus callosum Yes Yes/partially thin the splenium and isthmus
Polymicrogyria Yes Yes
Enlargement of the lateral ventricles Yes Yes only trigonum
Basal ganglia atrophy No No
Brain stem atrophy No No

Pituitary glanda

Anterior-posterior/high/lateral in mm

5.5 × 2.6 × 9 below normal values 5.6 ×  3.9  ×  9 in the borderline range

aGirls before puberty