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  • Title: X-linked hydrocephalus masquerading as spina bifida and destructive porencephaly in successive generations in one family.
    Author: Brewer CM, Fredericks BJ, Pont JM, Stephenson JB, Tolmie JL.
    Journal: Dev Med Child Neurol; 1996 Apr; 38(4):359-63. PubMed ID: 8641541.
    Abstract:
    The authors report a case of X-linked hydrocephalus which presented as a destructive porencephaly. There was asymmetric dilatation of the ventricles of prenatal onset, and neuro-imagining studies were suggestive of infection or haemorrhage. The child was profoundly handicapped but did not have adducted thumbs. Two of his mother's brothers had been stillborn, and postmortem reports revealed that the diagnosis had been isolated hydrocephalus and not spina bifida as reported by the family. Despite serial ultrasound scans, recurrence of X-linked hydrocephalus in the mother's subsequent pregnancy was not detected until 26 weeks gestation, when the ventricles became grossly dilated. The diagnosis was confirmed in this family by identification of mutation within the L1CAM gene.
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