Axial T1 FLAIR image in a child with seizures shows a cortic | Figure 1

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Axial T1 FLAIR image in a child with seizures shows a cortical malformation with polymicrogyria (arrow) and nodular grey matter heterotopia (arrowhead).

Polymicrogyria and grey matter heterotopia are both neuromigrational disorders. Polymicrogyria is most common in the perisylvian region.

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