BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Developmental changes in hippocampal formations (HFs) have been reported in association with agenesis of the corpus callosum, lissencephaly, and holoprosencephaly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the developmental changes in HFs in patients with a variety of other congenital brain malformations. METHODS MR images of 44 patients with congenital brain malformati...

Key words Disease name Definition Excluded diseases Epidemiology Clinical description Diagnostic methods Etiology Genetic counseling Antenatal diagnosis Management including treatment Prognosis References Abstract Porencephaly is a circumscribed intracerebral cavity of variable size which may be bordered by abnormal polymicrogyric grey matter. In extreme cases, this cavity may result in a commu...