Table 3.
Each structure of brain stem (midbrain, pons, and medulla) was proportionate |
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Proportional to cerebellum | 1 |
Proportional to cerebrum | 1 |
Intermediate sizea | 1 |
Pons was disproportionally small compared with midbrain and medulla |
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Midbrain and medulla: proportional to cerebrum; pons: proportional to cerebellum | 5 |
Midbrain and medulla: proportional to cerebrum; pons: intermediate size | 2a |
Midbrain and medulla: intermediate sizeb; pons: proportional to cerebellum | 1 |
Note: The table summarizes the breakdown of patients with microcephaly with disproportionally small cerebellum.
Siblings.
intermediate size: disproportionally small compared with cerebrum, disproportionally large compared with cerebellum.