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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 5;14(3):e240716.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-240716.

Agenesis of the septum pellucidum

Vânia Leitão Martins  1 , Jorge Rodrigues  2 , Teresa Botelho  2 , Raquel Henriques  2
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Agenesis of the septum pellucidum

Vânia Leitão Martins et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: congenital disorders; neonatal and paediatric intensive care; neuroimaging.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Transfontanellar ultrasound performed on the second day of life, in which the pellucid septum is absent (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI on day 11 confirmed agenesis of the pellucid septum.
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