Cerebral hemiatrophy: an associated finding in an epileptic child
Negrón, D.; Correa-Rivas, M.ía.S.; Colón-Castillo, L.E.
Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal 22(2): 191-193
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0738-0658 PMID: 12866145 Document Number: 558828
Cerebral hemiatrophy is a rarely occurring condition of different etiologies that can be regarded as the final stage of a number of different disease processes. It is characterized by a marked asymmetry of the cerebral hemispheres. A 12 year old girl with history of epilepsy since infancy and psychomotor delay presented in status epilepticus, developed marked cerebral edema, bilateral uncal herniation and bilateral infarcts of the posterior cerebral artery territories. Autopsy findings revealed left cerebral hemiatrophy as an incidental findings. The clinicopathologic features and classification of this entity are discussed.