Preferred Label : figure 8 sign of brain;
RADLEX synonyms : figure-of-eight sign of brain; figure eight sign of brain;
Definition : Shallow sylvian fissures resulting in a figure-eight appearance of the axial CT images
of brain. Characteristic of pachygyria and lissencephaly.;
Source : Can Assoc Radiol J 1989; 40:156-8;
Origin ID : RID35210;
Associated condition(s)
Shallow sylvian fissures resulting in a figure-eight appearance of the axial CT images
of brain. Characteristic of pachygyria and lissencephaly.
