061024 PACHYGYRIA

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061024 PACHYGYRIA

Contributed by: pedrad CSH, Radiologist, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.

Patient: 10 month old male

History: hypertonia

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Fig. 1: T1 axial


Fig. 2: T2 axial


Fig. 3: FLAIR axial


Fig. 4: T1 sagittal

Findings:

1. Diffuse thickened cortex with relative few and large gyri and
   sulci along bilateral cerebral hemispheres, predominant over
   high frontal, parietal, and occipital lobes, in favor of
   pachygyria.

Diagnosis: Pachygyria

Comments:

Many patients of cerebral palsy were sent to our hospital for help.

However, because the policy of our government, only some of them

received MRI scan.

By Ped Chief Lui

--pedrad CSH, 2006-11-07

Additional Details:

Case Number: 7055723Last Updated: 02-19-2007
Anatomy: Cranium and Contents Pathology: Congenital
Modality: MRAccess Level: Readable by all users
Keywords: pachygyria lissencephaly dysplasiaACR: 138.15

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