Hemimegalencephaly with Facial Congenital Infiltrating Lipomatosis in a Child.

• Main Authors: Adrián Santana-Ramirez (Author), Felipe Farias-Serratos (Author), José Sanchez-Corona (Author), Gema Castañeda-Cisneros (Author), Nadia M Farias-Serratos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report an unusual case of hemimegalencephaly (HMG) associated with ipsilateral congenital-infiltrating lipomatosis of the face in a five-month-old boy. Hemimegalencephaly is a rare but unique malformation characterized by enlargement of all or parts of a cerebral hemisphere. The affected hemisphe...