Affiliations: Division of Pediatric Neurology and Neurodevelopment,
Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, Chandigarh, India | Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute
of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Prof. Pratibha Singhi, Chief Pediatric
Neurology and Neurodevelopment, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate
Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh 160012, India. E-mail:
pratibhasinghi@yahoo.com
Abstract: Goldenhar syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a wide
spectrum of physical features particularly craniofacial. We report an infant
with developmental delay, and seizures who had features of Goldenhar syndrome
and had an arachnoid cyst. Though the syndrome itself is not very rare, the
presence of arachnoid cyst and hydrocephalus prompted us to report this case.
Arachnoid cyst relates to developmental errors in the neural crest and thus
presence of arachnoid cyst in the index case supports the argument of neural
migration defect in the pathogenesis in Goldenhar syndrome. Only one such case
in the world literature has been reported earlier.
