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.
Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology Division), King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. tawil1954@yahoo.com
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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