Porencephalic cyst in pycnodysostosis.

AUTOR(ES)

Figueiredo, J

RESUMO

We describe a case of pycnodysostosis with porencephaly and suggest an explanation for the porencephaly by a mechanism of imbalance between brain growth and its vascular supply and a normal but unopposed cerebrospinal fluid pressure.

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