Open lip schizencephaly

Case contributed by Prashant Kandel
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Seizure, physical disability, intellectual disability, and irritability.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
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Heterotopic grey matter lined cleft extending from the cortex into the body of left lateral ventricle noted in the left frontal lobe.

Absent septum pellucidum.

Polymicrogyria on the right side predominantly involving the right fronto-temporal lobes.

Case Discussion

This is the case of open lip schizencephaly with associated polymicrogyria.

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