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schizencephaly
Epidemiology:
-> extremely rare
Pathology:
- full-thickness cleft within the cerebral hemispheres clefts lined with gray matter, most commonly involve the parasylvian regions
- large portions of cerebral hemispheres may be absent & replaced by CSF
Genetics:
- associated with defects in EMX2
General
porencephaly
Database Correlations
OMIM 269160
References
- OMIM :accession 269160
- NINDS Schizencephaly Information Page
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/All-Disorders/Schizencephaly-Information-Page