Polymicrogyria

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli , 5 Aug 2018
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Henry Knipe, 12 Aug 2018

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Findings was changed:

Multifocal cortical malformationmalformations, manifesting as poorly defined and thickened gyri, is present atin both cerebral hemispheres suggestive of pachygyria.

Subcortical gray matter nodular heterotopia also is seen atin the left frontal lobe.

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Body was changed:

Pachygyria is a congenital malformation of the cerebral hemispheres in the background of the abnormal cell migration causes to the unusually thick convolution of the cerebral cortex.

This condition may present with mental retardationintellectual disability, epilepsy, and rarely with mania.

  • -<p>Pachygyria is a congenital malformation of the cerebral hemispheres in the background of the abnormal cell migration causes to the unusually thick convolution of the cerebral cortex.</p><p>This condition may present with mental retardation, epilepsy, and rarely with mania.</p>
  • +<p>Pachygyria is a congenital malformation of the cerebral hemispheres in the background of the abnormal cell migration causes to the unusually thick convolution of the cerebral cortex.</p><p>This condition may present with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and rarely with mania.</p>

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