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Intracranial extracerebral glioneuronal heterotopia with fetal laminar organization on MR imaging

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We present the brain MR imaging findings in a 13-month-old male infant with intracranial extracerebral brain tissue demonstrating the typical laminar organization pattern of fetal cerebral wall accompanied by unilateral anophthalmia and ethmoidal encephalocele supported by CT imaging.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey

    Burce Ozgen, Kader Karli Oguz & Murat Canyigit

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet Cem Mocan & Murat Irkec

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Ozgen, B., Oguz, K.K., Canyigit, M. et al. Intracranial extracerebral glioneuronal heterotopia with fetal laminar organization on MR imaging. Pediatr Radiol 37, 717–719 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0501-6

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