American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 17, Issue 9 1649-1650, Copyright © 1996 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Aventriculy: a new entity?
WB Garfinkle
Department of Radiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19141, USA.
In an 11-year-old girl who had repeated episodes of aspiration pneumonia, no lateral ventricles and no third or fourth ventricle could be identified on T1-, T2-, or proton density-weighted MR images. This condition was associated with failure of midline cleavage of the cerebral hemispheres, rhombencephalosynapsis, and complex migrational disorders.