how to cite this article: fadakar k, dadkhahfar s, esmaeili a, keyhanidoust z. a case of schizencephaly and septo-optic dysplasia presenting with anterior encephalocele. iran j child neurol autumn 2012; 6(4):47-50.   abstract schizencephaly is a rare central nervous system disorder with variable presentations. here we report a patient with a huge bilateral schizencephaly and septo-optic dysplas...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the brain characterized by a gray matter-lined defect extending from the pial surface to the lateral ventricles. The purpose of this study was to correlate imaging findings of schizencephaly and associated anomalies on fetal and postnatal MR imaging and assess possible changes that may occur from the prenatal-to-postnatal state. ...

BACKGROUND Malformations of cortical development (MCD) usually manifest in childhood with epilepsy, developmental delay and focal neurological abnormalities. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presentation and severity of epilepsy in the different types of MCD. METHOD We evaluated the first 100 consecutive patients with a neuroimaging diagnosis of MCD. They were identified among all the high resolut...

Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted into a psychiatric hospital with crises of psychomotor agitation, disorg...

A 55-year-old man with congenital hemiparesis of the right side, three episodes of generalised tonic-clonic seizure at 16 years of age, and two episodes of severe depression and two episodes of hypomania in the past, presented with severe depression with psychotic symptoms. Computed tomography of the brain showed a grey matter-lined cerebrospinal fluid-filled cleft in the left cerebral hemisphe...