Longitudinal CT and MR appearances of hemimegalencephaly in a patient with tuberous sclerosis

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-401

  Balaji, Ravikanth ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^b   Ramachandran, K ^a   Nayak, S Dinesh ^b   Priyakumari, T ^a  

^a Regional Cancer Center   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CT; Hemimegalencephaly; MRI; Tuber; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPOMELANOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 39049136424     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0463-x     Document Type: Article

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