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FIG 1. Nodular subcortical heterotopia with callosal agenesis.
A, Axial spin-echo 3000/60 (TR/TE) image of a 1-month-old patient shows multiple nodular heterotopia (arrows) lining the frontal horn of the right lateral ventricle and extending into the center of the frontal white matter. The right hemisphere is reduced in size. The overlying cortex is thin and has a reduced number of sulci. The sulci present are abnormally shallow. The corpus callosum is agenetic.
B, Coronal spin-echo 600/16 image of the same patient shows the same findings.
FIG 2. Curvilinear subcortical heterotopia.
A, Axial spin-echo (2500/80) image shows curvilinear subcortical heterotopia (white arrowheads) emanating from the pericallosal sulci bilaterally. Note the curvilinear flow voids (black arrowheads) of blood vessels extending into the heterotopia from the sulci.
B, Axial spin-echo (2500/80) image obtained at a higher level shows the heterotopia (large white arrows) extending all the way back to the occipital poles. Note the CSF (small white arrows) and the blood vessels (small black arrows) coursing within the heterotopia. The cerebral cortex is thin, and the sulci are shallow.
C, Axial spin-echo (2500/80) image obtained at a still higher level shows the contiguity of the curvilinear heterotopia (large white arrows) from the frontal to the occipital lobes. Note that CSF (small white arrows) and blood vessels (small black arrow) are present, even at the center of the heterotopia.
FIG 3. Mixed curvilinear/nodular subcortical heterotopia.
A, Axial spin-echo (2500/80) image shows nodular heterotopia (white arrows) in the periventricular white matter bilaterally. No cortical connection is seen at this level.
B, Axial spin-echo (2500/80) image obtained at a higher level shows that the heterotopia (white arrows) are contiguous with the cortex bilaterally.