We describe three children with unilateral cerebellar aplasia (UCA). D
eliveries at term and neonatal periods were uneventful. Pregnancy was
normal in one and complicated by mild bleeding (in second and fourth m
onth respectively) in two Instances. Presenting signs were delayed mot
or development with marked contralateral torticollis (n = 1), hemipleg
ia (n = 1) and unusual head nodding (n = 1). Neuroradiological investi
gations revealed complete aplasia (n = 1) and subtotal aplasia (n = 2)
of one cerebellar hemisphere with only a residual wing-like structure
below the tentorium. There was contralateral underdevelopment of the
brainstem. The infant with hemiplegic cerebral palsy had an additional
supratentorial periventricular parenchymal defect, contralateral to t
he cerebellar hypoplasia. In view of Literature reports, describing si
milar neuroradiological or neuropathological findings in asymptomatic
individuals, it is doubtful whether UCA is responsible for our patient
's problems. In our cases UCA has presumably resulted from a prenatal
destructive lesion, possibly an infarct, but the timing and exact natu
re are unknown.