Absence of the lateral and third ventricles associated with holoprosencephaly.
10.5115/acb.2015.48.3.222
- Author:
Engin CIFTCIOGLU
1
;
Hamit OZYUREK
;
Mehmet Selim NURAL
;
Cem KOPUZ
;
Lutfi INCESU
;
Gonul OGUR
Author Information
1. Department of Anatomy, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. drkopuz@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brain malformation;
Ventricles;
Magnetic resonance imaging;
Holoprosencephaly
- MeSH:
Holoprosencephaly*;
Humans;
Infant;
Intellectual Disability;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Third Ventricle*
- From:Anatomy & Cell Biology
2015;48(3):222-224
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
