[News] Extraordinary Brain: Woman's Missing Cerebellum Went Unnoticed for 24 Years

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"Extraordinary Brain: Woman's Missing Cerebellum Went Unnoticed for 24 Years"

Doctors in China were surprised to find that a young woman who
had lived a normal life for more than two decades was actually missing an
mportant part of her brain, according to a new report of her case.

The 24-year-old's strange condition was discovered when she went to doctors
because of a month long bout of nausea and vomiting. The patient told the
doctors she had also experienced dizziness her entire life. She didn't start walking
until she was four and had never been able to walk steadily.

When the doctors scanned the woman's brain, they found she had no cerebellum,
a region of the brain thought to be crucial for walking and other movements.
Instead, the scans showed a large hole filled with cerebrospinal fluid.

"CT and MRI scans revealed no remnants of any cerebellar tissues, verifying
complete absence of the cerebellum," the doctors wrote in the report,
published Aug. 22 in the journal Brain.

http://news.yahoo.com/extraordinary-brain-womans-missing-cerebellum-went-unnoticed-24-125230954.html
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Just more proof that the human brain is amazing. The younger the brain is when it has a problem the better the chances are for correcting it. Whether it is natural development,
or medically.

 

[Cint]

Amazing!