Structural Brain Defects.

Authors

Matthew T. WhiteheadFollow
Stanley T. Fricke, George Washington UniversityFollow
Andrea L. Gropman, George Washington University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

6-1-2015

Journal

Clinics in Perinatology

Volume

42

Issue

2

Inclusive Pages

337-361

Abstract

Up to 14% of patients with congenital metabolic disease may show structural brain abnormalities from perturbation of cell proliferation, migration, and/or organization. Most inborn errors of metabolism have a postnatal onset. Abnormalities from genetic disease processes have a prenatal onset. Energy impairment, substrate insufficiency, cell membrane receptor and cell signaling abnormalities, and toxic byproduct accumulation are associations between genetic disorders and structural brain anomalies. Collective imaging patterns of brain abnormalities can provide clues to the underlying etiology. We review selected metabolic diseases associated with brain malformations and highlight characteristic clinical and imaging manifestations that help narrow the differential diagnosis.

APA Citation

Whitehead, M. T., Fricke, S. T., & Gropman, A. L. (2015). Structural brain defects. Clinics in Perinatology, 42(2), 337-361.

Peer Reviewed

1