Dr Lionel Feuillet, a neurologist at the Universite de al Mediterranee in Marseille, France, described a rare condition in The Lancet. 2007, vol 370, issue 9583, p.262. "Brain of a white-collar worker".
A man went to a Marseille hospital after he had mild weakness in his left leg. Dr. Feuillet and colleagues learned from his medical history that, as an infant, he had had a shunt inserted into his head to drain away hydrocephalus – water on the brain.
The medical team was shocked by the CT and MRI scans that showed the ventricles, normally tiny chambers that contain the cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain, were enlarged massively leaving a thin sheet of brain tissue. Tests showed that, the man, father of two children and works as a civil servant, had an IQ of 75, below the average score but not considered mentally retarded. He manages to live a normal life despite his condition. Read more...
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