ABSENCE OF THE SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM AS THE ONLY ANOMALY IN THE BRAIN
- 1 December 1938
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 40 (6) , 1244-1248
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1938.02270120194013
Abstract
Absence of the septum pellucidum is known chiefly as an anomaly complicating complete or partial aplasia of the corpus callosum; malformation of the fornix is also often present in such cases. Absence of the septum pellucidum with all other structures of the brain properly developed, however, is rare. Only 4 cases of this anomaly in fully developed brains and 2 cases in fetal brains have been reported. The first case was reported by Tenchini1in 1880. The brain was that of a boy aged 2½ years who died of tuberculous meningitis on the fifth day of illness. The septum pellucidum was absent, and the fornix was not adherent to the lower surface of the corpus callosum. The soft commissure was absent. The child was normal mentally. The next case was described in 1925 by Hochstetter.2The brain was observed in the dissecting room. There was no hydrocephalus. NoKeywords
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