title: [MRI in the diagnosis of lissencephaly. Apropos of a case].
abstract: In a patient with clinical manifestations suggestive of brain malformation, CT showed lissencephaly with absent opercularization. The child had seizures but not a typical EEG of hypsarhythmia. MRI confirmed the diagnosis and showed heterotopic grey matter and abnormal basal ganglia. High grey-white matter contrast and the possibility of imaging the brain in sagittal, coronal and transverse planes make MRI the methode of choice for the evaluation of lissencephaly and other brain malformations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie, Hôpital d'Enfants, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bajolle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Droulle
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Didier
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hoeffel
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Apport de l'IRM au diagnostic de lissencéphalie. A propos d'un cas.