Bode H, Bubl R, Rutishauser M, Nars P W
Department of Child Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
Pediatr Neurol. 1994 Mar;10(2):161-3. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(94)90051-5.
A term infant with normal delivery presented with congenital tetraplegia and respiratory insufficiency just after birth. Magnetic resonance tomography on days 8 and 72 of life revealed an extreme thinning of the lower medulla oblongata. Endoscopy confirmed this and demonstrated the presence of vascular anomalies around the lesion which were not detectable by angiography. It is presumed that this is a malformation of the lower medulla oblongata.