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ArticleSurgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA2013

Demonstration of different histological layers of the pachygyria/agyria cortex using diffusion tensor MR imaging.

Zarina A Aziz, Jitender Saini, P S Bindu, G G Sharath Kumar

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. DTI tractography of lissencephaly caused by TUBA1A mutation.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2014
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Zarina A AzizDepartment of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India.
Jitender Saini
P S Bindu
G G Sharath Kumar
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences · IN

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Abstract

purposePachygyria/agyria are congenital brain malformations characterized by presence of a few broad, flat gyri with thickened cortex, resulting from arrest of neuronal migration in early gestation. We are hereby describing diffusion tensor imaging findings in different histological layers of lissencephaly cortex in two children.

methodDTI in addition to conventional MR imaging was performed in two children on a 3 T MRI and post-processed with vendor supplied software to generate the fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity and trace maps. Tractography was also performed to identify presence of tracts in the thickened cortex.

resultsDTI demonstrated the dysplastic multilayered cortex in cases of pachygyria/agyria; the thickened fourth layer and superficial layer demonstrated high anisotropy on diffusion tensor imaging.

conclusionDTI is a useful tool for identifying gross histological features of pachygyria-agyria complex. Superficial layer and thickened fourth layer demonstrate high anisotropy. Identification of anisotropy in the superficial layer has not been described in previous reports.

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Cerebral CortexDiffusion Tensor ImagingFemaleHumansInfantLissencephalyMale

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