Intracranial calcifications, microcephaly, and seizure. If not congenital infection, what could it be?

W Eyaid, RS Al-Tassan, DM Al-Nouri - Neurosciences Journal, 2012 - nsj.org.sa
Intracranial calcification has a variety of etiologies; among those are environmental and
metabolic disturbances involving calcium homeostasis. The main environmental factors …

Case 1: intracranial calcifications associated with hepatosplenomegaly and thrombocytopenia

AS Ezhuthachan, AH Tucker, LK Washburn - NeoReviews, 2021 - publications.aap.org
DISCUSSION Differential Diagnoses Intracranial calcifications (ICCs), thrombocytopenia,
hepatosplenomegaly, and microcephaly in a newborn are most commonly associated with …

[CITATION][C] Band‐like intracranial calcification (BIC), microcephaly and malformation of brain development: A distinctive form of congenital infection like syndromes

GMH Abdel‐Salam, MS Zaki - American Journal of Medical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We read with great interest the paper of Briggs et al.[2008b]. Authors described five patients
with postnatal microcephaly, refractory seizures and characteristic pattern of bilateral band …

Intracranial calcifications in childhood: Part 1

FG Gonçalves, L Caschera, SR Teixeira, AN Viaene… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
This article is the first of a two-part series on intracranial calcification in childhood.
Intracranial calcification can be either physiological or pathological. Physiological …

Intracranial calcification in childhood: a review of aetiologies and recognizable phenotypes

JH Livingston, S Stivaros, D Warren… - … Medicine & Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Intracranial calcification (ICC) is a common finding on neuroimaging in paediatric neurology
practice. In approximately half of all cases the calcification occurs in damaged, neoplastic, or …

Intracranial calcifications in childhood: Part 2

FG Gonçalves, L Caschera, SR Teixeira, AN Viaene… - Pediatric …, 2020 - Springer
This article is the second of a two-part series on intracranial calcification in childhood. In Part
1, the authors discussed the main differences between physiological and pathological …

Band‐like intracranial calcification with simplified gyration and polymicrogyria: A distinct “pseudo‐TORCH” phenotype

TA Briggs, NI Wolf, S D'Arrigo, F Ebinger… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of intracranial calcification and polymicrogyria is usually seen in the
context of intrauterine infection, most frequently due to cytomegalovirus. Rare familial …

Intracranial calcification in the infant and neonate: evaluation by sonography and CT.

EG Grant, AL Williams, D Schellinger, TL Slovis - Radiology, 1985 - pubs.rsna.org
This study reports the sonographic and computed tomography (CT) findings in seven infants
and neonates with intracranial calcifications and a spectrum of underlying disorders …

Similar calcifications of the brain on computed tomography, but different etiologies

B Menon, CV Harinarayan - Annals of Indian Academy of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Discussion In this modern age, imaging is gaining priority over clinical examination. Indeed,
neuroimaging does usually help the clinician in narrowing down the diagnosis. Intracranial …

Brain calcification in hypoxic-ischemic lesions: an autopsy review

MQ Ansari, CA Chincanchan, DL Armstrong - Pediatric neurology, 1990 - Elsevier
Calcification of ischemic lesions in a child's brain is well recognized by pathologists;
however, clinicians and radiologists usually associate cerebral calcification with infections …