Hemimegalencephaly associated with congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of the face: A case report

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 349-352

  Talamanca, Lorenzo Figà ^a   Verdolotti, Tommaso ^a   Colafati, Giovanna Stefania ^a   Bernardi, Bruno ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

brain malformation; congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of the face; cortical development; hemimegalencephaly

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN INTERVENTRICULAR FORAMEN; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL INFILTRATING LIPOMATOSIS; HEMIMANDIBULAR HYPERTROPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKULL BASE; TRACHEOTOMY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84870240704     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: 14391899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1324401     Document Type: Article

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