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Cranial computed tomography (CT) of 108 cases with dilated lateral ventricles was reviewed to elucidate the relationship between focal vulnerability of developing brain and disproportional dilatation of lateral ventricles. CT findings of 108 cases with symmetrical dilatation of lateral ventricles were classified into three types by morphometry of lateral ventricles: anterior horn predominant type (31 cases), diffuse type (36 cases), posterior horn predominant type (41 cases). Posterior horn predominant type has a tendency to occur in congenital anomalies and premature brain damage, and anterior horn predominant type in infantile brain damage. This disproportional dilatation of anterior or posterior horns suggests a vulnerability of periventricular structure in developing brain.
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Nishimura, M., Ieshima, A., Takashima, S. et al. Focal vulnerability of developing brain: CT studies on disproportionally dilated lateral ventricles. Neuroradiology 28, 30–33 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341762
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341762