[Porencephaly in infants and children imaged with tomography].

On the basis of current bibliography verum and spurum porencephaly have been distinguished. Verum porencephaly originates in prenatal life and is defined as disorder of brain tissue development. Its main characteristic is that cave borders are covered with grey matter often connected with lateral ventricle. Spurum porencephaly is term for lack of brain tissue caused by its disintegration. Five cases of cysts in infants and children diagnosed in CT examination were presented with the description of the patients' clinical condition. 3 cases were diagnosed as verum porencephaly, the remaining 2 cases turned out to be spurum porencephaly.