Conditions / Syndrome

Aicardi syndrome

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A syndrome that is characterized by absence or underdeveloped tissue connecting the left and right halves of the brain, infantile spasms and chorioretinal lacunae, which are defects in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

Signs and symptoms

  • Cavum septum pellucidum
  • Delayed CNS myelination
  • Carcinoma
  • Seizure
  • Profound intellectual disability
  • Hypotonia
  • Skin tags
  • Generalized hypotonia
  • Infantile spasms
  • Dilated third ventricle