title: Intracranial calcifications, microcephaly, and seizure. If not congenital infection, what could it be?
abstract: Intracranial calcification has a variety of etiologies; among those are environmental and metabolic disturbances involving calcium homeostasis. The main environmental factors resulting in intracranial calcification are congenital infections with toxoplasmosis, and cytomegalovirus. There are increasing reports on cases showing pictures of congenital infection in the absence of confirmative positive TORCH screen, and there are many cases reported worldwide sharing the same presentation labeled as autosomal recessive congenital infection-like syndrome or pseudo-TORCH syndrome (OMIM 600158).
authors: Department of Pediatrics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. eyaidw@ngha.med.sa
authors: Wafaa
authors: W
authors: Eyaid
authors: Ruqaiah S
authors: RS
authors: Al-Tassan
authors: Doha M
authors: DM
authors: Al-Nouri
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed