Article
[Pachygyria and laminar heterotopic tissue. A rare case of unique expression of a neuronal migration disorder in twins].
Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde : Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Kinderheilkunde - 1 Apr 1992
Hebing B, Uhlenbrock D, Wesseler K
Abstract excerpt
We report of 16 year old twinsisters with a neuronal migration disorder, twin I with mental retardation and focal epileptic seizures on MRI showed general pachygyria, laminar subcortical heterotopia and mildly dilated lateral ventricles, whereas twin II whose first symptom was a cerebral seizure only showed a focal pachygyria and laminar subcortical heterotopia; the location of pachygyria corresponded to the...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebral Cortex
- Choristoma
- Diseases in Twins
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
- Female
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Phenotype