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Neurosonographic Features of Aicardi's Syndrome

Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

Olof Flodmark, MD, PhD

Department of Radiology University of British Columbia, British Columbia's Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Alan Hill, MD, PhD

Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

Aicardi's syndrome occurs in females and is associated with profound mental retardation, agenesis of the corpus callosum, chorioretinal lacunae, and infantile spasms. We report a distinctive combination of abnormalities which was observed on real-time cranial ultrasound scans of two infants with Aicardi's syndrome. These abnormalities include bilateral prominent cysts in the choroid plexus in conjunction with agenesis of the corpus callosum. Recognition of these radiologic findings may suggest the diagnosis of Aicardi's syndrome in early infancy even prior to the onset of seizures or visualization of chorioretinal lacunae. (J Child Neurol 1989;4:307-310).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 4, No. 4, 307-310 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/088307388900400411


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