An unusual case of hydranencephaly presenting with an anterior midline cyst, a posterior calcified mass, cerebellar hypoplasia and occlusion of the posterior cerebral arteries

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-277

  Kelly, Teresa G ^a,b   Sharif, Uzma M ^a   Southern, James F ^a   Gururajan, Kaushik ^a   Segall, Hervey D ^a  

^a Medical College of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b Children's Hospital and Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydranencephaly; In utero; Porencephaly; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRANENCEPHALY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CALCINOSIS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFARCTION, POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953828842     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-010-1894-1     Document Type: Article

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