Brain Malformations at All Ages: From Aunt Minnie to Zebras for General Radiologists.

Radiol Clin North Am

Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Main Building, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address:

Published: May 2020

Congenital brain malformations comprise a spectrum of disorders that result from a variety of causes, including genetic abnormalities, ischemia, infections, and toxic exposures. Although most cases are discovered in infancy or childhood, clinically occult abnormalities may prove to be confounding, especially if first encountered later in life on imaging examinations obtained for other indications or in the context of superimposed pathology. This review article provides an overview of congenital brain malformations because they may be encountered at all ages for general radiologists.

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