Postmortal diagnosis of a Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome in a 75-year-old woman---a case report.
The Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome is characterized by various symptoms related to hemiatrophy of the cerebrum and hypertrophy of the ipsilateral calvarium and paranasal sinuses. Clinical findings include hemiparesis or hemiplegia, seizures and/or mental retardation. The present report discusses the very unusual case of a late-diagnosed Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome in a 75-year-old body donor who had suffered a left-sided stroke associated with the internal carotid artery in the course of tonsillitis at the age of 5.
Stoevesandt
Dietrich
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Department of Radiology, Martin Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany. dietrich.stoevesandt@medizin.uni-halle.de
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Karsten
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Spielmann
Rolf Peter
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Heine
Hans-Joachim
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Paulsen
Friedrich
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Bräuer
Lars
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D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000473:pathology*; D003933:Diagnosis; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D010256:Paranasal Sinuses / Q000473:pathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome