Filipino toddler Clyne Solano is in need of reconstructive surgery following a brain operation that left his head with unusual ridges. Although some some have compared the bones to "devil horns," the ...

Hydranencephaly is a rare condition in which the cerebral hemispheres of the brain are absent and replaced by sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid. An infant born with hydranencephaly may appear ...

Alex Simpson, born with the rare neurological condition hydranencephaly, has celebrated her 20th birthday despite doctors predicting she wouldn’t live past four . With most of her brain absent, she ...

To report the association of severe chorioretinal dysplasia, hydranencephaly, microcephaly, and intracranial calcification in children with no evidence of intrauterine infections. A 7-week-old female ...

When doctors told the Simpson family their baby would likely not live long, they were talking in months, not decades. But Alex Simpson, diagnosed as an infant with an extremely rare condition called ...

Doctors told her parents she wasn't expected to survive past age 4, but a Nebraska woman born without cerebral hemispheres celebrated her 20th birthday last week. Alex Simpson was diagnosed with ...

A Nebraska woman born without a brain just celebrated her 20th birthday — and is defying the odds. Alex Simpson of Omaha was born with a rare condition known as hydranencephaly, according to her ...