Spectrum of hereditary pathology characterized by congenital brain malformations

Abstract

The clinical picture in 196 patients with congenital malformations of the brain was analyzed. Patients were examined using neuroimaging techniques, cytogenetic and molecular genetics techniques. The spectrum of congenital brain defects was analyzed. The most frequent congenital malformations of the brain were abnormalities of cerebral commissures, the second place was occupied by cortical malformations, the third place - abnormalities of the cerebellum. Chromosomal pathology (including microdelection syndromes) was detected in 19 patients (9.7%), monogenic diseases in 27 patients (13.8%).