MR and CT imaging in the Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome: report of three cases and contribution to pathogenesis and differential diagnosis

MR and CT imaging in the Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome: report of three cases and contribution to pathogenesis and differential diagnosis

Cerebral hemiatrophy or Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome is a condition characterized by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis, and mental retardation. These findings are due to cerebral injury that may occur early in life or in utero. The radiological features are unilate...

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Main Authors: PAULO HENRIQUE AGUIAR, WEI LIU CHING, HELIO LEITÃO, F. ISSA, GUILHERME LEPSKI, EBERVAL GADELHA FIGUEIREDO, FERNANDO GOMES-PINTO, RAUL MARINO JR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1998-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
brain atrophy
computerized tomography
magnetic resonance image
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1998000500016&tlng=en
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