title: Band-like intracranial calcification with simplified gyration and polymicrogyria: a distinct "pseudo-TORCH" phenotype.
abstract: The combination of intracranial calcification and polymicrogyria is usually seen in the context of intrauterine infection, most frequently due to cytomegalovirus. Rare familial occurrences have been reported. We describe five patients-two male-female sibling pairs, one pair born to consanguineous parents, and an unrelated female-with a distinct pattern of band-like intracranial calcification associated with simplified gyration and polymicrogyria. Clinical features include severe post-natal microcephaly, seizures and profound developmental arrest. Testing for infectious agents was negative. We consider that these children have the same recognizable "pseudo-TORCH" phenotype inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Genetics, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: D'Arrigo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebinger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harting
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Dobyns
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Livingston
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crooks
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rowland-Hill
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Squier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stoodley
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Pilz
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Crow
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000150:complications*; D010641:Phenotype; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed