Gigantism Cerebral

Gigantism of the cerebral form is an anomaly of brain development. The term “gigantism” refers to very large brain sizes and deviations from the norm in its mass.

This type of gigantism is observed in 6% of cases of all deviations from the norm recorded in humans as a whole. They distinguish between gigantismegcephalic - occurs due to an increase in the volume of the brain; gigantizmaniobe - occurs without changes in the volume of the brain, only due to the growth of its surface; Gigantism neuronous - when the blood vessels of the brain grow. Brain gigantism may