title: Malformations of cortical development: 3T magnetic resonance imaging features.
abstract: Malformation of cortical development (MCD) is a term representing an inhomogeneous group of central nervous system abnormalities, referring particularly to embriyological aspect as a consequence of any of the three developmental stages, i.e., cell proliferation, cell migration and cortical organization. These include cotical dysgenesis, microcephaly, polymicrogyria, schizencephaly, lissencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, heterotopia and focal cortical dysplasia. Since magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice that best identifies the structural anomalies of the brain cortex, we aimed to provide a mini review of MCD by using 3T magnetic resonance scanner images.
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Battal
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ince
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Veysel
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kocaoglu
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.affiliation: Bilal Battal, Selami Ince, Veysel Akgun, Murat Kocaoglu, Emrah Ozcan, Mustafa Tasar, Department of Radiology, Gulhane Military Medical School, 06018 Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tasar
keywords: Cortical development; Cortical dysplasia; Lissencephaly; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malformation; Polymicrogyria