Open AccessBilateral mesial temporal polymicrogyria: a case report
Author(s) -
Giorgi Kuchukhidze,
Raimund Helbok,
Iris Unterberger,
Florian Koppelstaetter,
Thomas Bodner,
Eugen Trinka
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0764
Subject(s) - polymicrogyria , white matter , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , anatomy , pathology , neuroscience , radiology , biology
Polymicrogyria is a malformation of cortical organisation morphologically marked by an irregular brain surface with multiple excessively folded small gyri. Cortical thickness is reduced but appears increased in some areas as a result of the fusion of small gyri. On magnetic resonance imaging polymicrogyria is delineated by an abnormal gyral pattern, increased cortical thickness and irregularity of the cortical-white matter junction.