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Fetopathology and developmental pathology of the embryo and fetus
Marta Ježová, Josef Feit et al.
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Porencephaly
Introduction

Fluid  —  filled cavity (pseudocyst) originating during fetal life.

Clinical signs

Clinical presentation depends on the extent and location of the defect: cerebral palsy, developemental delay, epilepsy, blindness.

Macroscopic appearance
  • smooth walled cavity in a hemispere
  • unilateral or bilateral
  • deep defects allow communacation between the ventricle and the surface covered only by a thin external membrane
  • the cortex at the edge of the cavity may show polymicrogyria
  • polymicrogyria is frequently seen in the contralateral hemispere in unilateral porencephaly

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