Gastric carcinoid presenting with hemetemesis: an uncommon disease with a rare presentatation.

84  © Japi • January 2014 • Vol. 62 vary according to the extent of brain injury. In 1939 Alpers and Dear found two types of cerebral hemiatrophy3 • Congenital type • Secondary to cerebrovascular lesion, inflammation or head trauma. When it develops early in life, the compensatory changes like homolateral hypertrophy of skull and sinuses occur due to relative vacuum created by the hypoplastic cerebrum. Different Indian studies have shown an aetiological relationship between cerebral hemiatrophy and seizures.4 References