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Washington University Experience | VASCULAR | Hypoxia-Ischemia, fetal-neonatal | Porencephaly | 2A1 Porencephaly (Case 2) 10

Case 2 History ---- This 4 year old male was born at 40 weeks to a hypothyroid mother with polyhydramnios. He had multiple abnormalities including abnormal growth and motor development, mental deficiency, microphthalmia and microcornia, micrognathia, a pharyngeal web, club feet and a normal karyotype. The immediate cause of death was pulmonary edema. ---- 2A1,2 The left lateral surfaces of the hemispheres show a large porencephalic defect with surrounding radial cortical gyri.

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