al-Alawi A M, al-Tawil K I, al-Hathal M M, Amir I
Department of Pediatrics (Neonatology Division), King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2001 Mar;21(1):34-7; discussion 37-8.
Schizencephaly rarely presents in the neonatal period. We present the case of a baby girl born with growth retardation and microcephaly who developed seizures on the 3rd day of life. There was no clinical or laboratory evidence of a congenital viral infection but brain imaging revealed widespread calcification and bilateral schizencephaly clefts. By the age of 11 months, she had developed gross psychomotor retardation.