Observed clinical, vascular, and cerebral abnormalities of 5 patients
Patient | Age | Sex | Clinical Features | MR Imaging | MRA |
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1 | 11 y | F | Left frontal, palpebral, and nasal hemangioma | Cortical dysplasia in the left hemisphere | Left cerebral carotid aplasia. |
Right hemiparesis | |||||
Seizures | Left cerebral hemisphere hypoplasia | ||||
Borderline ML | |||||
2 | 7 y | F | Left frontal, palpebral, and nasal hemangioma | Left frontal polymicrogyria | Persistence of left trigeminal and both proatlantal arteries |
Seizures | Mild left cerebral hypoplasia | Double kinking of the left internal carotid artery | |||
Borderline ML | |||||
3 | 16 y | F | Left frontal vascular malformation | Left cerebral hemispheric polymicrogyria and hypoplasia | Hypoplasia of the left internal carotid artery and the intracranial branches |
Seizures | |||||
Right hemiparesis | |||||
Borderline ML | |||||
4 | 6 mo | F | Left frontal and palpebral hemangioma | Left cortical dysplasia | |
Mild left cerebral hypoplasia | Left carotid artery aplasia | ||||
Dandy-Walker syndrome | |||||
5 | 3 y | F | Left frontal, orbital, and nasal hemangioma | Left cerebral polymicrogyria-pachygyria | Intracavernous origin of the left anterior cerebral artery |
Right hemiparesis | Severe left cerebral hypoplasia | Left persistent trigeminal artery | |||
Seizures | |||||
Psychomotor delay |
Note:—F indicates female; ML, mental level.