CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS

Course overview

THE CORPUS CALLOSUM IS THE LARGEST WHITE MATTER STRUCTURE CONTAINING 200 MILLION AXONS, CONNECTING THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN. AGENESIS OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CONGENITAL CEREBRAL MALFORMATIONS WHICH IS MORPHOLOGICALLY THE COMPLETE OR PARTIAL ABSENCE OF CORPUS CALLOSUM AND NOT DEFINED BY FUNCTIONAL OR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES (AS IN AUTISM). THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS, AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING THE CONDITION.