Open AccessMalformations of cortical development: 3T magnetic resonance imaging features
Author(s) -
Bilal Battal,
Selami İnce,
Veysel Akgün,
Murat Kocaoğlu,
Emrah Özcan,
Mustafa Taşar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v7.i10.329
Subject(s) - polymicrogyria , hemimegalencephaly , lissencephaly , cortical dysplasia , schizencephaly , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , dysgenesis , pachygyria , heterotopia (medicine) , microcephaly , cortex (anatomy) , dysplasia , neuroscience , pathology , anatomy , radiology , biology , biochemistry , psychiatry , gene
Malformation of cortical development (MCD) is a term representing an inhomogeneous group of central nervous system abnormalities, referring particularly to embriyological aspect as a consequence of any of the three developmental stages, i.e., cell proliferation, cell migration and cortical organization. These include cotical dysgenesis, microcephaly, polymicrogyria, schizencephaly, lissencephaly, hemimegalencephaly, heterotopia and focal cortical dysplasia. Since magnetic resonance imaging is the modality of choice that best identifies the structural anomalies of the brain cortex, we aimed to provide a mini review of MCD by using 3T magnetic resonance scanner images.