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American Journal of Neuroradiology 22:389-393 (2 2001)
© 2001 American Society of Neuroradiology

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MR Evaluation of the Hippocampus in Patients with Congenital Malformations of the Brain

Noriko Sato^,a, Shinitsu Hatakeyama^a, Nobuzou Shimizu^a, Akio Hikima^a, Jun Aoki^a and Keigo Endo^a

^a From the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (N.Sa., J.A., K.E.) and Pediatrics (A.H.), Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan; and the Departments of Radiology (S.H.) and Pediatrics (N.Sh.), Gunma Children's Medical Center, Hokkitu, Gunma, Japan.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Developmental changes in hippocampal formations (HFs) have been reported in association with agenesis of the corpus callosum, lissencephaly, and holoprosencephaly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the developmental changes in HFs in patients with a variety of other congenital brain malformations.

METHODS: MR images of 44 patients with congenital brain malformations associated with 11 different brain disorders were reviewed retrospectively. Five patients had more than two anomalies. Imaging and clinical findings were evaluated for the shape, size, degree of inversion, and side of abnormal HF.

RESULTS: Vertically oriented or globular-shaped HFs were observed in 28 patients (64%) on coronal MR images. All patients with agenesis of the corpus callosum (n = 7), lissencephaly (n = 1), holoprosencephaly (n = 3), and Fukuyama muscular dystrophy (n = 3) had an abnormal HF. A high prevalence of abnormalities was observed in patients with polymicrogyria (11/12, 92%), heterotopia (4/5, 80%), tuberous sclerosis (2/3, 67%), and schizencephaly (2/4, 50%). Patients whose abnormalities were symmetrical had bilateral abnormal HFs, whereas those with polymicrogyria, schizencephaly, and heterotopia, whose abnormalities were localized, tended to have unilateral abnormal HFs.

CONCLUSION: Hippocampal developmental abnormalities are found in a high percentage of patients with congenital malformations. Focusing on the morphologic abnormalities of the HF on coronal MR images may help in the detection of diseases associated with brain anomalies, especially subtle cortical disorders.

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