Al Thafar Abdulaziz Ibrahim, Al Rashed Abdullatif Sami, Al Matar Bayan Abdullah, Al-Sharydah Abdulaziz Mohammad, Al-Abdulwahhab Abdulrahman Hamad, Al-Suhibani Sari Saleh
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa City, Saudi Arabia.
Radiology Department, King Fahd Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (University of Dammam), Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
Case Rep Neurol Med. 2017;2017:2174045. doi: 10.1155/2017/2174045. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
Porencephaly is an extremely rare neurological disease characterized by the presence of solitary or multiple degenerative cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cavities within the brain parenchyma.
We describe a case involving a 23-year-old male who presented with involuntary movements of the left upper limb of 6 months' duration. A diagnosis of porencephaly was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The rarity of occurrence and atypical presentation of such a lesion present a challenge to clinicians. Little is known about the pathogenesis and appropriate management of porencephaly. Further studies of the implications of porencephaly for neurodevelopment and behavior are needed.
脑穿通畸形是一种极其罕见的神经系统疾病，其特征是脑实质内存在单个或多个退化性脑脊液（CSF）腔。
我们描述了一例涉及一名23岁男性的病例，该患者出现左上肢不自主运动，持续6个月。磁共振成像（MRI）证实了脑穿通畸形的诊断。
这种病变的罕见性和非典型表现给临床医生带来了挑战。关于脑穿通畸形的发病机制和适当治疗知之甚少。需要进一步研究脑穿通畸形对神经发育和行为的影响。
