"infection: necrotising vasculitis or local destruction of the brain tissue secondary to intrauterine infection, e.g. congenital toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex (HSV) infections 1,8"
"infection: necrotising vasculitis or local destruction of the brain tissue secondary to intrauterine infection, e.g. congenital toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex (HSV) infections 1,8"
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"Associations"
"The condition may be diagnosed prenatally using ultrasound or fetal MRI. However, it may present in neonates with seizures, respiratory failure, flaccidity or decerebrate posturing with a vegetative state 5."
"There is complete absence of the cerebral hemispheres and often, the falx. They are replaced by a sac-like structure containing CSF surrounding the brainstem and basal ganglia 1."
"Porencephaly and hydranencephaly are considered different degrees of the same pathology. Porencephaly describes a more localised cerebral hemispheric defect, communicating with the ventricles or the cerebral surface; it tends to occur later in the developmental process 10."