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Outcome of bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia in monozygotic twins with megalencephaly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 1999

Mohammed M S Jan
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics (Neurology), King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract

Bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia (BPNH) is a neuronal migration disorder, characterized by grey-matter cellular rests in the periventricular regions. Patients frequently present with seizures during childhood or later in life. Monozygotic twin sisters were found to have enlarged head circumferences (>95th centile) during a routine medical visit at 6 months of age. A brain CT scan revealed grey-matter cellular rests in the subependymal regions extending to the subcortical white matter. In some areas these cell aggregates had nodular margins, consistent with the diagnosis of BPNH. At 6 years of age they are cognitively and neurologically normal. They have not had any seizures and their heads continue to grow along the 95th centile.

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Case Reports
Copyright
© 1999 Mac Keith Press

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