Dystroglycanopathy

Case contributed by Utkarsh Kabra
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Seizures

Patient Data

Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
mri

Thickened, bumpy dysplastic gyri in both cerebral hemispheres predominantly in frontoparietal and temporal lobes.
Gross ventriculomegaly is seen with stretching of corpus callosum.
Septum pellucidum appears deficient.
Hypoplastic, flattened pons is seen with prominence of 4 th ventricle and kinked pontomesencephalic contour.
Enlarged, thickened malformed tectal plate is seen.
Abnormal T2/FLAIR hyperintensities are seen in bilateral frontoparietal white matter.
Irregular cerebellar folia is seen bilaterally with multiple small cerebellar cysts.

Case Discussion

Overall above findings suggest likelihood of dystroglycanopathy/congenital muscular dystrophy with possibilities being muscle eye brain disease and Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy.

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