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Cortical dysplasia with prominent Rosenthal fiber formation in a case of intractable pediatric epilepsy.
Human pathology - 1 Aug 2009
Khanlou Négar, Mathern Gary W, Mitchell Wendy G, Salamon Noriko, Pope Whitney B, Yong William H, Vinters Harry V
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of a 5-year-old boy with intractable epilepsy who underwent therapeutic corticectomy. Histopathologic findings within the resection specimen included severe cortical dysplasia associated with abundant subpial and intraparenchymal Rosenthal fibers in a large right frontal lesion that merged into the basal ganglia. Rosenthal fiber proliferation may represent a reactive process, are frequent in...
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