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Schizencephaly

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Weakness

Patient Data

Age: 75 years
Gender: Male
ct

Grey matter-lined left parietal cleft extending from the left lateral ventricle to the cortex.

Note incidental occipital petalia. 

mri

Grey matter-lined left parietal cleft extending from the left lateral ventricle to the cortex. Since the cleft is filled with CSF and the cleft walls are separated this is an open lip schizencephaly.

Case Discussion

Unilateral open lip variety schizencephaly.

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