Left-Hemispheric Hydranencephaly With Less Favorable Findings

Autor:	Eric Lewin Altschuler, Hema Ghuznavi, Jaishree Capoor, Karen B Weinshelbaum, Brittany A. Matsumura
Rok vydání:	2005
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cognition Hydranencephaly medicine.disease Hemiparesis Left Cerebral Hemisphere Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Hemihydranencephaly medicine.symptom business Young male
Zdroj:	Pediatrics. 116:1603-1604
ISSN:	1098-4275 0031-4005
DOI:	10.1542/peds.2005-2013
Popis:	To the Editor.— We read with great interest the recent article by Ulmer et al1 regarding a child with left-hemispheric hydranencephaly (only the eighth reported case of hemihydranencephaly1–8) who remarkably had a nearly normal life with only mild hemiparesis and no cognitive deficits despite lacking a left cerebral hemisphere. We want to note here the ninth reported case of hemihydranencephaly, also in a patient with left-hemispheric hydranencephaly; unfortunately, it seems that our patient will likely not have as good an outcome as that of the patient described by Ulmer et al. We have been following a young male child who was born at term. …
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