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Supratentorial Cerebral Malformations in Spina Bifida

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In 1957, Cameron [1] first noted the association of spina bifida with several supratentorial abnormalities such as polymicrogyria, cortical heterotopia, corpus callosum dysgenesis, thickening of the massa intermedia, hypoplasia of the falx and aqueductal stenosis and forking. All of Cameron’s patients also suffered from the Chiari II malformation [2].

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    Pietro Spennato, Luciano Savarese & Giuseppe Cinalli

  2. Department of Neuroradiology, Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy

    Maria Consiglio Buonocore & Emilio Cianciulli

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Spennato, P., Savarese, L., Buonocore, M.C., Cianciulli, E., Cinalli, G. (2008). Supratentorial Cerebral Malformations in Spina Bifida. In: The Spina Bifida. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0651-5_21

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