All issues > Volume 25(12); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(12):1285-1288. Published online December 31, 1982.

A Case of Acardi's Syndrome.

Bok Lyun Park, Hee Jung Chung, Chang Joon Coe, Young Sook Seo

¹Department of Pediatrics，College of Medicine, Yonsei University
²EEG Unit, College of Medicine, Yonsei University

Abstract

A case of Aicardi’s syndrome is experienced at the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University recently. This patient was 50 days of female infant, who had infantile spasm, and her development was deteriorated recently. Her CT scan showed partial absence of corpus callosum and whose EEG was a pattern of modified hypsarrhythmia limited only on left hmisphere. She also had hemivertebra at her thoracic spine and her eyes were normal. We are reporting a case of Aicardi’s syndrome with literature review.

Keywords : Aicardi’s syndrome, Agenesis of corpus