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Case Reports
. 2012 Sep;3(3):411-3.
doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.102646.

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome

Manas R Behera  1 , Sibabrata Patnaik, Aswini K Mohanty
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Case Reports

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome

Manas R Behera et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2012 Sep.

Abstract

A 14-month-old male child presented with recurrent generalized seizures, spastic hemiplegia, microcephaly and had developmental delay in motor and speech domains. CT of the brain revealed characteristic features diagnostic of infantile type of cerebral hemiatrophy or Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome.

Keywords: Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome; hemiatrophy.

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Figure 1
Plain CT head showing atrophy of left cerebral hemisphere with dilated ipsilateral lateral ventricle, widening of sulci and atrophy of gyri on the left side. There is also thickening of the calvarium on the left side.
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