title: Absence of the lateral and third ventricles associated with holoprosencephaly.
abstract: We describe a 6-month-old boy suffering from motor and mental retardation. All radiological features were suggestive of holoprosencephaly with no identifiable lateral or third ventricles and fusion of the thalami.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ciftcioglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozyurek
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Selim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nural
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cem
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kopuz
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Lutfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Incesu
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gonul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ogur
keywords: Brain malformation; Holoprosencephaly; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ventricles