title: [Malformations in cortical development in patients with epilepsy. Neuroimaging of 17 cases].
abstract: This article reviews Malformations of Cortical Development (MCD) diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in a series of patients with epilepsy. This study spans a five year period. The frequency of these malformations was 7.1%. Most of these were focal or multifocal and the most common ones were polymicrogyria (35.3% of the patients), heterotopia (29.4%), and focal cortical dysplasia (29.4%). The frontal lobes were the most frequently affected regions. The various MCD encountered reflect the wide spectrum of MCD leading to epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Serviços de Nerorradiologia e Neurologia, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bento
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged