Anat Cell Biol.
2015 Sep;48(3):222-224. 10.5115/acb.2015.48.3.222.
Absence of the lateral and third ventricles associated with holoprosencephaly
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Anatomy, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. drkopuz@gmail.com
- 2Department of Pediatric Neurology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
- 3Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
- 4Department of Genetics, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
- KMID: 2424827
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5115/acb.2015.48.3.222
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.
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Fig. 1 Axial T2 weighted magnetic resonance images show normal fourth ventricle and posterior fossa (A), and thalamic fusion, absence of the lateral and third ventricles (B), and abnormal oriented sulcus at the vertex on the left (C).
Fig. 2 Sagittal T2 weighted magnetic resonance images show absence of the corpus callosum and third ventricle (A) and normal fourth ventricle (B).
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