Table 2

 Chromosomal abnormalities associated with polymicrogyria

ReferenceYearChromosomal abnormalityAffMFBrain abnormalities
Aff, number affected; BPP, bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria; BR, balanced rearrangement; CC, corpus callosum; CT, cervico-thoracic; CTP, centro-temporo-parietal; del, deletion; F, female; FTP, fronto-temporo-parietal; M, male; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PMG, polymicrogyria; PNH, periventricular nodular heterotopia; UR, unbalanced rearrangement.
A Deletion 22q11.2
Cramer et al731996del 22q11.211Perisylvian (MCA) PMG
Bingham et al741998del 22q11.2211Unilateral perisylvian PMG + heterotopia + CT syrinx (1); BPP (1)
Bird et al752000del 22q11.2211Unilateral frontoparietal (1); unilateral parietal PMG + cleft (1)
Kawame et al762000del 22q11.211Unilateral frontoparietal PMG
Worthington et al772000del 22q11.211Bilateral perisylvian PMG
Ghariani et al782002del 22q11.211Unilateral hemispheric PMG
Ehara et al792002del 22q11.211Bilateral perisylvian PMG
Sztriha et al802004del 22q11.222Unilateral/bilateral FTP PMG
B Chromosomal rearrangements
Ramer et al841990UR: deletion of segment 2q31–2q3311Bilateral CTP PMG + PNH + arachnoid cyst + hypoplasia of falx and CC
Shapira et al851999Monosomy 1p361??Extensive neuronal and glial heterotopia + PMG
Dupuy et al861999UR: duplication of centromere of chr 11 and of segment 11q11–11q1211Microcephaly, PMG and pachygyria
Alkan et al872002UR: deletion of segments 18p11.2–18pter and 21pter–21q22.111Localised PMG
Zollino et al882003UR: deletion of segment 1q44–1qter and duplication of segment 12p13.3–12pter22Unilateral perisylvian PMG
Leeflang et al912003BR: locus disruption by breakpoints at 1p12 and 6p12.211Bilateral perisylvian PMG + bilateral PNH + hypoplasia of CC
Metzke-Heidemann et al892004UR: duplication of segments 9pter-9q22.2 and 7q35–7qter11Bilateral parieto-occipital PMG + caudal hypoplasia of cerebellar vermis
Kogan et al902004UR: deletion of segment 13q14.1–13q31.211Bilateral frontotemporal PMG + left parieto-occipital PMG
Leventer et al922001Loci on chr 1p36, 2p13, 6q25, 21q22 and 22q119??PMG, not specified
C Chromosomal aneuploidies associated with PMG
Sener et al931996Trisomy 1311Bilateral perisylvian PMG
Pascual-Castroviejo et al542001Duplication short arm X11Unilateral hemispheric PMG
Tombini et al942001Turner mosaicism11Bilateral frontal PMG