Schizencephaly is a clinically and etiologically heterogeneous cerebral malformation presenting as unilateral or bilateral hemispheric cleft with direct connection between the inner and outer liquor spaces. Gray matter-lined clefts in the cerebral cortex and a range of neurological presentations are characteristic. Mutations in SIX3, SHH, and EMX2 have been reported.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one body system
Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA05 Cerebral structural developmental anomalies
H01160 Schizencephaly
Hehr U, Pineda-Alvarez DE, Uyanik G, Hu P, Zhou N, Hehr A, Schell-Apacik C, Altus C, Daumer-Haas C, Meiner A, Steuernagel P, Roessler E, Winkler J, Muenke M
Title
Heterozygous mutations in SIX3 and SHH are associated with schizencephaly and further expand the clinical spectrum of holoprosencephaly.
