Effects of Failed Commissuration on the Septum Pellucidum and Fornix: Implications for Fetal Imaging

Overview

Journal Neuroradiology

Specialties Neurology
Radiology

Date 2009 Mar 12

PMID 19277622

Citations 7

Authors

Paul D Griffiths

Ruth Batty

Dan A J Connolly

Michael J Reeves

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Abstract

In the previous article, we considered the normal appearances of the midline stuctures of the brain as they appear on high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging. In this article, we discuss the effects of failed commissuration on the midline structures. We highlight some of the misconceptions of this process that may lead to misdiagnosis of agenesis of the corpus callosum in utero.

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