TITLE:
Polymicrogyria of the Unilateral Temporal Lobe in a Transsexual Patient—Case Report
AUTHORS:
Ana Starcevic, Dusica Markovic Zigic, Branislav Filipovic
KEYWORDS:
Transsexualism; Polymicrogyria; MRI
JOURNAL NAME:
Neuroscience and Medicine,
Vol.4 No.4,
December
9,
2013
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 transsexualism.
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 gyrisation 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.