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Schizencephaly - closed lip

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: Child

MRI brain

mri

A grey matter lined cleft extends through the frontoparietal region on the left down to the lateral ventricles. The sides of the cleft in places appose each other. The grey matter is thickened and irregular along the cleft. 

Case Discussion

This case illustrates left-sided 'close lipped' schizencephaly with polymicrogyria. 

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