bilateral frontal polymicrogyria
Findings
No curated finding names bilateral frontal polymicrogyria yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Bilateral frontal polymicrogyria is one of the rarest subtypes of polymicrogyria. It is a symmetric and bilateral form (in both brain hemispheres) that only involves the frontal lobes without including the area located behind the Sylvius fissure or the area located behind the Rolando sulcus. Some researchers classify the condition into two different forms: bilateral frontal polymicrogyriaand the bilateral frontoparietal. Signs and symptoms included delayed motor and language milestones; spastic (stiffness) hemiparesis (weakness in one side of the body) or quadriparesis (weakness in all four limbs of the body); and mild to moderate intellectual disability. Seizures mayalsobe present. The frontoparietal form is caused by changes (mutations) in the GPR56 gene but the cause for the frontal form of polymicrogyira is still not known. Treatment is based on the signs and symptoms present in each person.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016162), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
10 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Delayed speech and language developmentHPOHP:0000750
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Global developmental delayHPOHP:0001263
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Intellectual disabilityHPOHP:0001249
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Mild intellectual disabilityHPOHP:0001256
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Spastic tetraparesisHPOHP:0001285
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- EEG abnormality
Where it sits
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