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From the case: Hemimegalencephaly

MRI brain

Modality: MRI

T2

Hemimegalencephaly

contributed by Dr Frank Gaillard on July 24, 2009

Systems: Central Nervous System

Paediatrics

Obstetrics

Gynaecology

Sections: Gamuts

Classifications

Modality: MRI (T2)

From the case:

Hemimegalencephaly - “This case demonstrates features of total right hemimegalencephaly (the rarest type of hemimegalencephaly) with severe disorganization and...”

Used in the following articles:

Hemimegalencephaly - “Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital disorder of cortical formation with hamartomatous overgrowth of part of all of a cerebral hemisphere. Thi...”
Lissencephaly - pachygyria spectrum - “The lissencephaly-pachygyria spectrum is useful in describing the spectrum of diseases that cause relative smoothness of the brain surface and incl...”
Classification system for malformations of cortical development - “Classification system for malformations of cortical development organises a myriad of conditions according to one of three major underlying mechan...”

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