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. 2018 Jul 19;60(9):945–960. doi: 10.1007/s00234-018-2056-7

Table 2.

Imaging summaries of 11 fetuses with schizencephaly

Case Gestational age at MR Head size (bi-parietal diameter) Schizencephaly: Number Laterality Symmetry Schizencephaly: Location/type Cavum septum pellucidum Fornix location Other brain abnormalities
F1 22gw 3–10th centile 1 Unilateral Right: inferior frontal gyrus/type 2 (closed lip) Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle No
F2 21gw 10–50th centile 1 Unilateral Right: occipital lobe/type 2 (closed lip) Present Normal 1. Cephalocele
2. Heterotopia
F3 33gw < 3rd centile 2 Bilateral
Asymmetric
Right: extensive frontal lobe/type 3 (open lip)
Left: paracentral lobule/type 3 (open lip)
Disrupted Normal No
F4 21gw 10–50th centile 1 Unilateral Left: paracentral lobule/type 3 (open lip) Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle No
F5 28gw 90th centile 1 Unilateral Right: parietal lobe/type 2 (closed lip) Present Normal Polymicrogyria of adjacent brain
F6 25gw 10th centile 1 Unilateral Left: paracentral lobule/type 2 (closed lip) Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle Extensive bilateral polymicrogyria
F7 27gw < 3rd centile 1 Unilateral Left: middle and inferior frontal gyrus and paracentral/type 3 (open lip) Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle Contralateral polymicrogyria
F8 26gw < 3rd centile 2 Bilateral
Symmetric
Right: parietal lobe/type 3 (open lip)
Left: parietal lobe/type 3 (open lip)
Present Normal Microencephaly, encephalomalacia
F9 21gw 3–10th centile 2 Bilateral
Asymmetric
Right: paracentral lobule/type 2 (closed lip)
Left: extensive frontal/type 3 (open lip)
Present Normal No
F10 26gw < 3rd centile 2 Bilateral
symmetric
Right: paracentral lobule/type 3 (open lip)
Left: paracentral lobule/type 3 (open lip)
Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle No
F11 31gw 50–90th centile 1 Unilateral Right: middle frontal gyrus/type 2 (closed lip) Absent Superior aspect of the 3rd ventricle Contralateral focal megalencephaly