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A 2-month-old baby developed bilateral frontoparietal gyriform calcification after purulent meningitis. Biopsy revealed severe cerebral cortical degeneration with many calcified foci. Another feature of interest was reabsorption of calcification over a period of 4.5 months.
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Yamanouchi, Y., Someda, K., Tani, S. et al. Gyriform calcification after purulent meningitis. Neuroradiology 20, 159–162 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341781
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