Agenesis of the corpus callosum: clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Agenesis of the corpus callosum: clinical features. Absent or abnormal anterior commissure. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Anatomical associations
- Malformations of cortical development (MCD): especially grey matter heterotopia
- Absent or abnormal anterior commissure
- Absent or abnormal hippocampal commissure
- Abnormal ventricles
- Probst bundles: longitudinal callosal fascicles
- Inter-hemispheric cysts
- Inter-hemispheric lipomas
Abnormal systems
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Clinical associations
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References
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- Barkovich AJ, Simon EM, Walsh C. Callosal agenesis with cyst: a better understanding and new classification. Neurology 2001; 56:220-227.
- dos Santos AC, Midleton SR, Fonseca RL, dos Santos SR, Llerena JC Jr, Vargas FR. Clinical, neuroimaging and cytogenetic findings in 20 patients with corpus callosum dysgenesis. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2002; 60:382-385.
- Kim YU, Park ES, Jung S, Suh M, Choi HS, Rha DW. Clinical features and associated abnormalities in children and adolescents with corpus callosal anomalies. Ann Rehabil Med 2014; 38:138-143.
- Margari L, Palumbi R, Campa MG, et al. Clinical manifestations in children and adolescents with corpus callosum abnormalities. J Neurol 2016; 263:1939-1945.
