title: Epidermal nevus syndrome: megalencephaly with bihemispheric and cerebellar involvement: imaging and neuropathologic correlation.
abstract: Epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) is a sporadic neurocutaneous disorder characterized by the combination of epidermal nevi with significant central nervous system, eye, and skeletal abnormalities. Hemimegalencephaly and related brain abnormalities are the dominant neuropathologic abnormalities in ENS. Magnetic resonance imaging features of the case reported here revealed enlargement of both cerebral hemispheres and malformed basal ganglia, with incomplete separation of the caudate nucleus and putamen. In addition, the right cerebellar hemisphere was enlarged, with disorganized folia. None of these findings have been reported previously in this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, University of Rochester School of Medicine, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642-8648, USA. anabdelhalim@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ahmed N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Abdelhalim
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moritani
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Richfield
authors.forename: Sven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Ekholm
authors.forename: Per-Lennart
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Westesson
mesh_terms: D001478:Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed