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Start free with EleplanIsolated cerebellar agenesis
ORPHA:1398Morphological anomaly
Also called Near total absence of cerebellum · Subtotal absence of cerebellum
What it is
A rare non-syndromic central nervous system malformation characterized by complete or near-complete absence of the cerebellum with a normal sized posterior fossa, possibly accompanied by hypoplasia of the brainstem. The clinical picture is highly variable, but typically includes ataxia, dysarthria, tremor, dysmetria, dysdiadochokinesia, and oculomotor abnormalities, in addition to impaired mental, motor, and language development and intellectual disability.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Childhood
- Classified as
- Morphological anomaly
Signs and symptoms
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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