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Primary Cerebral Hemiatrophy


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1 Department of Medicine, PGIMS, House No. 189, Sector-14, HUDA, Rohtak -124001, Haryana, India
2 Department of Medicine, BPS Medical College, Khanpur Kalan. (Pt. B D Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak), India
3 Department of Biosciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India
     

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The aetiology of cerebral hemiatrophy (CH) may be congenital or acquired. In acquired type, various aetiologies are trauma, infection, vascular abnormality, ischaemic, congenital malformation, anoxia, hypoxia, prolonged febrile seizures and haemorrhagic conditions. Cerebral hemiatrophy (CH) is clinically characterised by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis, and learning difficulties. Radiological features are unilateral loss of cerebral volume and associated compensatory bone alterations in the calvarium, on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
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S. Atri Kr
Department of Medicine, PGIMS, House No. 189, Sector-14, HUDA, Rohtak -124001, Haryana, India
H. K. Kaushik
Department of Medicine, BPS Medical College, Khanpur Kalan. (Pt. B D Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak), India
A. Sharma
Department of Biosciences, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India

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The aetiology of cerebral hemiatrophy (CH) may be congenital or acquired. In acquired type, various aetiologies are trauma, infection, vascular abnormality, ischaemic, congenital malformation, anoxia, hypoxia, prolonged febrile seizures and haemorrhagic conditions. Cerebral hemiatrophy (CH) is clinically characterised by seizures, facial asymmetry, contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis, and learning difficulties. Radiological features are unilateral loss of cerebral volume and associated compensatory bone alterations in the calvarium, on computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.