Bilateral mesial temporal polymicrogyria: a case report
- Giorgi Kuchukhidze1,
- Raimund Helbok1,
- Iris Unterberger1,
- Florian Koppelstaetter2,
- Thomas Bodner1,
- Eugen Trinka1
- 1Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2Department of Radiology II, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Published 2 February 2009
Polymicrogyria is a malformation of cortical organisation morphologically marked by an irregular brain surface with multiple excessively folded small gyri. Cortical thickness is reduced but appears increased in some areas as a result of the fusion of small gyri. On magnetic resonance imaging polymicrogyria is delineated by an abnormal gyral pattern, increased cortical thickness and irregularity of the cortical–white matter junction.
Competing interests: None.