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Focal cortical dysplasia with calcification: a case report

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Case report

Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) with calcification is rare. We presented a 13-year-old epileptic patient with FCD and calcification in the left frontal lobe. At age 24, the FCD lesion and the surrounding epileptogenic cortex and underlying subcortex were removed after chronic subdural electrode recording. Histological examination showed that the calcified lesion was not independent of the FCD lesion but located in the subcortical area of the FCD lesion. A neoplastic nature was ruled out for the lesion.

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The pathophysiological mechanism involved in the coexistence of FCD and calcification is discussed.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Kazuhiro Samura, Takato Morioka, Fumiaki Yoshida, Kimiaki Hashiguchi, Yasushi Miyagi, Masahiro Mizoguchi, Tadahisa Shono, Shinji Nagata & Tomio Sasaki

  2. Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Satoshi O. Suzuki

  3. Division of Digital Patient, Digital Medicine Initiative, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yasushi Miyagi

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Samura, K., Morioka, T., Yoshida, F. et al. Focal cortical dysplasia with calcification: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 24, 619–622 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0566-4

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