Sporadic neonatal schizencephaly associated with brain calcification.
Schizencephaly rarely presents in the neonatal period. We present the case of a baby girl born with growth retardation and microcephaly who developed seizures on the 3rd day of life. There was no clinical or laboratory evidence of a congenital viral infection but brain imaging revealed widespread calcification and bilateral schizencephaly clefts. By the age of 11 months, she had developed gross psychomotor retardation.
al-Alawi
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Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology Division), King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. tawil1954@yahoo.com
al-Tawil
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al-Hathal
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Amir
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D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed