To cite: Cherian EV, Shenoy KV, Bukelo MJ, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2012-008165 DESCRIPTION The corpus callosum is a band of white matter connecting two cerebral hemispheres of the brain and responsible for the integration of motor, sensory and cognitive information. Its development starts in the first trimester of pregnancy, while m...

Aim: In humans, images in the median plane of the head either fall on both nasal hemi-retinas or on both temporal hemi-retinas. Interhemispheric connections allow cortical cells to have receptive fields on opposite sides. The major interhemispheric connection, the corpus callosum, is implicated in central stereopsis and disparity detection in front of the fixation plane. Yet individuals with ag...

Purpose. Mental retardation, mild to severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy often of hemiplegic type are common accompaniments in patients with agenesis/hypoplasia of the corpus callosum. Skeletal deformities of bilateral radiohumeral synostosis, brachydactyly, bilateral elbow dislocation, talipes equinovarus, and juxtacalcaneal accessory bones have been encountered in two unrelated children with a...

The corpus callosum, with its ∼200 million axons, remains enigmatic in its contribution to cognition and behaviour. Agenesis of the corpus callosum is a congenital condition in which the corpus callosum fails to develop; such individuals exhibit localized deficits in non-literal language comprehension, humour, theory of mind and social reasoning. These findings together with parent reports sugg...

Corpus callosum is the major interspheric fiber bundle that connects two cerebral hemispheres. agenesis among most common brain malformation, which has a wide spectrum of presentation ranging from mild intellectual disability to severe developmental delay and refractory seizures. We here report case complete corpus presenting with gait abnormality in an otherwise normal child.

COMPLETE or partial agenesis of the corpus callosum is uncommon especially in adults; the incidence amongst patients in institutions where numerous air encephalograms are performed is 3% (Carpenter and Drukemiller, 1953). Reil (1812) published the first report of a case, describing the necropsy findings in a 30 year old woman of low mentality; further cases discovered at necropsy were subsequen...