Severe form of congenital cerebral and cerebellar atrophy: a neurodegenerative disorder of fetal onset.

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Infantile olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) is a rare congenital disorder likely due to an intrauterine neurodegenerative condition. Characteristic presentations are failure to thrive, cerebellar ataxia, respiratory insufficiency, and hypotonia or hypertonia. A few cases with severe manifestations (eg, the Pena-Shokeir phenotype) presenting in the neonatal period have also been reported. We present a case of...

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