descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1983 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Computed Tomography, volume 7, pages 141-144 (issn: 0149-936X,

Authors: John N. Joslyn; J. Powell Williams;

doi: 10.1016/0149-936x(83)90034-6

pmid: 6872559

Lissencephaly: Computed tomographic diagnosis

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Abstract

Lissencephaly is a rare congenital condition with distinctive brain changes. Most of these changes were demonstrated on computed tomography, and include lack of cortical sulci and gyri; calcification in the region of paraphysis; wide, shallow sylvian fissures; colpocephaly; poor development of white matter; and persistent cavum septum pellucidum and cavum vergae.

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Keywords

Cerebral Cortex, Male, Brain Diseases, Infant, Newborn, Brain, Calcinosis, Humans, Septum Pellucidum, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Basal Ganglia

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