Sans Fito A, Campistol Plana J, Poo Argüelles P, Krauel Vidal J
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Infantil San Juan de Dios, Barcelona.
An Esp Pediatr. 1990 Feb;32(2):163-6.
Multicystic encephalomalacia (ME) is a rare entity in the pediatric age. In ME brain tissue in substituted by cavities of variable size. ME has different etiologies being asphyxia and circulatory alterations the most important factors. In monozygotic twins there is an increased incidence of structural anomalies than dizygotic twins. We present four twin patients with ME. Three of them had a prenatal dead sibling. The fourth pair of twins had a twin-twin transfusion. We want to stress the utility of brain echography in early diagnosis of ME.
