Polymicrogyria of the Unilateral Temporal Lobe in a Transsexual Patient—Case Report
- 1 Institute of Anatomy “Niko Miljanic”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- 2 Psychiatry Hospital, Clinical Center Dedinje “Dr Dragisa Misovic”, Belgrade, Serbia
- 3 Institute of Anatomy “Niko Miljanic”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Introduction : Polymicrogyria, the appearance of irregular small and over numbered gyri on the surface of the brain , has been reported as the most frequent finding, when exists, on the temporal lobe. Case Presentation : A patient, male, age of 35, came to the regular head and brain MRI scan due to psychiatric and hormonal treatment within transsexual ism. There were no data of epilepsy in a patient’s history. MRI scans were acquired with a 1.5 T Siemens Magnetom system with a standard head coil. Three-dimensional 3D RAGE, contiguous 1.0 mm slice, and 1 acquisition sequence underwent final 3D rendering and subsequent volumetry. On the definitive 3D image , we have revealed an unusual gy risation on the left temporal lobe which had a picture of partial polymicrogyria. Conclusion : This is a unique finding, to our knowledge, of the unilateral temporal polymicrogyria in a person with transsexualism. Although polymicrogyria is mostly related to epileptifom attacks, its impact on the transsexualism appearance is opened to be examined .
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