Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia (UNT) is characterized by the dermatomal distribution of telangiectasia, which are distributed unilaterally and frequently found in C3-C4 or the trigeminal dermatomal areas. It may be congenital or acquired and has a 2:1 female: male ratio. Several theories where developed in order to explain its etiopathogenesis. The most widely accepted is the one which establ...

Right unilateral spatial neglect (USN) was investigated on three left brain-damaged patients suffering from the right homonymous hemianopsia and hemiplegia. A test battery consisted of visuo-constructive praxis; 1) putting blocks into a box, 2) bisecting a horizontal line, 3) figure drawing, 4) drawing of a dial plate and 5) copying drawing. The investigation revealed that USN of left brain-dam...

A considerable number of central nervous system pathologies remain undiagnosed during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. This group of disorders includes anomalies of brain proliferation, migration and cortical organization. Due to the fact that a detailed ultrasound examination of the fetal brain is usually not performed during the third trimester the diagnosis of these disorders is usuall...

Iyer RS, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-222488 Description A boy aged 4 years presented with refractory focal seizures since 9 months of age. The seizures involved the left side of the body and consisted of clonic movements with frequent generalisation. MRI brain showed abnormal area with poor grey-white differentiation involving the right frontal lobe, especially the basifronta...

BACKGROUND Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a hamartomatous malformation of one cerebral hemisphere. As this is a disorder of cellular growth and lineage, we sought evidence of an early ontogenetic disturbance of microtubular assembly or function. MATERIAL AND METHODS Three male infants with HME had brain resections for refractory epilepsy. One died postoperatively at 2.5 months and an autopsy was...