Cerebral fissures


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(Anat.) the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum.

See also: Fissure

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INTRODUCTION: Schizencephaly is a brain malformation characterized by in folding of cortical gray matter along a hemispheric cleft near the primary cerebral fissures. This condition was first described by yakovlev and wadswaorth in 1946 and the term was given.
A case of open lip schizencephaly associated with absent septum pellucidum and arachnoid cyst

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