Computed Tomography of Congenital Brain Malformations

1. Introduction.- 2. Embryology of the Central Nervous System.- 3. Dysgenesis of the Corpus Callosum.- 4. Holoprosencephaly (Prosencephaly), Septo-Optic Dysplasia (deMorsier Syndrome) and Hydrencephaly (Hydranencephaly).- 5. Arnold-Chiari Malformation.- 6. Dandy-Walker Malformation.- 7. Hydrocephalus.- 8. Neurocutaneous Syndromes (Phakomatoses).- 9. Miscellaneous:.- 1) Encephalocele, and Meningoencephalocele and Meningocele.- 2) Porencephaly.- 3) Microcephaly (Micrencephaly).- 4) Anencephaly.- 5) Median Cleft Face Syndrome.- 6) Hypertelorism.- 7) Hypotelorism.- 8) Lissencephaly (Agyria, Pachgyria).- 9) Colpocephaly.- 10) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.- 11) Arachnoid Cysts.- 12) Megalencephaly.- 13) Craniofacial Anomalies in the Amniotic Band Disruption Complex.- 14) Anomalies of the Septum Pellucidum and Cavum Velum Interpositum.