An autopsy case of hemimegalencephaly.
This case report is a neuropathological study of a ten-month-old infant with unilateral megalencephaly . In this anomaly neuronal migration defect and disturbances of cortical organization resulting in micropolygyria were the most striking neuropathological feature.
D001253:Astrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000473:pathology*