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. 2012 May;7(2):150-1.
doi: 10.4103/1817-1745.102585.

A rare case of colpocephaly with macrocephaly successfully treated with ventriculo-peritoneal shunting

Ashis Patnaik  1 , Sudhansu S Mishra, Sanjib Mishra, Srikanta Das
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A rare case of colpocephaly with macrocephaly successfully treated with ventriculo-peritoneal shunting

Ashis Patnaik et al. J Pediatr Neurosci. 2012 May.
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(a) Bilateral symmetrical dilated occipital horns with normal sized frontal horns and dilated posterior part of septum pellucidum. The absence of cerebral sulci suggestive of increased intracranial pressure (b) Sagittal MRI showing the absence of corpus callosum (c) T2-weighted axial MRI image showing the pathology
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