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Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome in Postcerebral Malaria

Sabesan Karuppiah, MD, DFM

Bronx Lebanon Family Medicine Residency Program, Paterson, New Jersey, sabesan{at}yahoo.com

Christopher Rodgman, BA

Ross University School of Medicine, Kew Gardens, New York

Jay Lombard, DO

Department of Neurology, Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, New York

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome is a disorder involving hemiatrophy or hypoplasia of 1 cerebral hemisphere secondary to an insult in the developing brain. Often this will manifest with seizures, hemiparesis, mental retardation, and facial changes. Associated with this pathology are the radiologically evident changes, such as thickening of the calvarium, hyperpneumatization of the sinuses, and dilation of the ipsilateral lateral ventricle among others. The following is a case presentation of an 18-year-old female emigrating from Ghana who presented to the emergency department with complaints of seizures diagnosed as being caused by cerebral malaria at 13 years of age. We hypothesize that the cerebral malaria and related vascular occlusion are the causes of her acquired cerebral changes. Included are computed tomography images.

Key Words: focal cerebral atrophy • Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome • cerebral malaria

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 4, 487-490 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808324541
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