Abstract
Introduction
We report the case of a 2-year-old boy who showed a huge midline mass in the brain at prenatal assessment.
Case report
After birth, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a conglomerate mass with an infolded microgyrus at the midline, which was suspected as a midline brain-in-brain malformation. MRI also showed incomplete cleavage of his frontal cortex and thalamus, consistent with lobar holoprosencephaly. The patient underwent an incisional biopsy of the mass on the second day of life. The mass consisted of normal central nervous tissue with gray and white matter, representing a heterotopic brain. The malformation was considered to be a subcortical heterotopia. With maturity, focal signal changes and decreased cerebral perfusion became clear on brain imaging, suggesting secondary glial degeneration. Coincident with these MRI abnormalities, the child developed psychomotor retardation and severe epilepsy focused on the side of the intracranial mass.
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Fukumura, S., Watanabe, T., Kimura, S. et al. Subcortical heterotopia appearing as huge midline mass in the newborn brain. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 377–380 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2841-0
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