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Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Lobar HPE

A. MRI in axial plane depicting lobar HPE, the least severe of the major types of HPE. The cerebral hemispheres are separated (blue/thick arrows); the ventricles are misshapen as a result of absence of the septum pellucidum. The posterior portion of the corpus callosum may be normally formed. There is a varying degree of fusion of the midline gray structures (thalami, basal ganglia, red/thin arrow).

B. Relatively normal facial appearance of a child with lobar HPE resulting from a pathogenic variant in ZIC2. Subtle dysmorphisms include narrow forehead (not apparent in this photo), upslanted palpebral fissures, relatively large ears, a relatively depressed nasal bridge, and a broad and well-defined philtrum.

Gropman & Muenke [2005] Management of Genetic Syndromes. Copyright John Wiley & Sons Limited. Reproduced with permission.

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