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Hemimegalencephaly, hemihypertrophy and vascular lesions
A Cristaldi1, F Vigevano, G Antoniazzi
1Paediatric Division, S. Pertini Hospital, Roma, Italy.
European Journal of Pediatrics
|February 1, 1995
Abstract
Unlabelled:
We report on two children with hemihypertrophy and ipsilateral hemimegalencephaly. Vascular lesions in one were consistent with a diagnosis of the Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber Syndrome. MRI performed in the first days of life and at 1 month of age revealed the presence of the neuronal anomaly.
Conclusion:
The occurrence of hemimegalencephaly in our patients indicates that hemihypertrophy and vascular dysplasia are pathogenetically related phenomena of a continuous spectrum in which this brain disorder may appear.