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The rare association of leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts: case report

A associação rara de leucoencefalopatia, calcificações cerebrais e cistos: relato de caso

Although basal ganglia calcifications were described a long time ago,1,3,11 the association of leukoencephalopathy, cerebral calcifications, and cysts (LCC) is a very rare entity described in 1996.5 We present a new case of LCC and discuss clinical, neuroradiologic, and histopathologic findings regarding this association.

Leukoencephalopathy; cerebral calcifications; brain cysts; epilepsy


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