Computed cranial tomography in microcephaly

ABSTRACT

Thirty patients with clinical diagnosis of microcephaly were examined by CT head scan. They were fourteen males and sixteen females and their ages ranged between six months and twelve years. CT scan revealed structural brain anomalies whether of genetic or environmental etiology. CT scan was of great help in diagnosing patients with known preceding destructive brain insult. It also provides supportive data in the diagnosis of some dysmorphic syndromes. Previously unsuspected information regarding the basis of the underlying disease process is able to provide a more specific development prognosis