Showing posts with label cerebral palsy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cerebral palsy. Show all posts
Sunday, June 13, 2010
definition
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions that cause physical disability in human development.Cerebral refers to the cerebrum, which is the affected area of the brain (although the disorder most likely involves connections between the cortex and other parts of the brain such as the cerebellum), and palsy refers to disorder of movement. CP is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the young developing brain and can occur during pregnancy (about 75 percent), during childbirth (about 5 percent) or after birth (about 15 percent) up to about age three.
It is a non-progressive disorder, meaning the brain damage does not worsen, but secondary orthopedic difficulties are common. There is no known cure for CP. Medical intervention is limited to the treatment and prevention of complications arising from CP's effects.
Magnetic resonance imaging showed cystic encephalomalacia of LMCA territory, suggesting prenatal insult,http://www.google.com.eg/imgres?imgurl=http://www.sahha.gov.mt/showdoc.aspx%3Fid%3D456%26filesource%3D4%26file%3DFIG01.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.sahha.gov.mt/pages.aspx%3Fpage%3D456&usg=__9iZwz9QeCdEhkiEsasxisd4g9Nc=&h=434&w=354&sz=22&hl=en&start=12&itbs=1&tbnid=wCn7XSbrTvNSbM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=103&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcerebral%2Bpalsy,mri%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a 9-day-old girl who was born full-term and had a perinatal hypoxic-ischemic event. Examination of the patient at 1 year revealed findings consistent with a mixed quadriparetic cerebral palsy notable for dystonia and spasticity. Severe hypoxic-ischemic injury to the medial aspect of the cerebellar hemispheres, medial temporal lobes, bilateral thalami, and bilateral corona radiata is observed.emedicine.medscape.com/article/310740-overview
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a 1-year-old boy who was born at gestational week 27. Clinical examination is consistent with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy. Pseudocolpocephaly and decreased volume of the white matter posteriorly are consistent with periventricular leukomalacia. Evidence of diffuse polymicrogyria and thinning of the corpus callosum is noted.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of a 16-month-old boy who was born at term but had an anoxic event at delivery. Examination findings are consistent with a spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy with asymmetry (more prominent right-sided deficits). Cystic encephalomalacia in the left temporal and parietal regions, delayed myelination, decreased white matter volume, and enlarged ventricles can be seen. These findings are most likely the sequelae of a neonatal insult (eg, periventricular leukomalacia with a superimposed, left-sided cerebral infarct).http://www.google.com.eg/imgres?imgurl=http://img.medscape.com/pi/emed/ckb/rehabilitation/305143-310739-310740-1645210.jpg&imgrefurl=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/310740-overview&h=504&w=424&sz=47&tbnid=EyT-AJf9ko_pVM:&tbnh=245&tbnw=206&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcerebral%2Bpalsy,mri&usg=__60jEl9ayucZ8DlCfm5ni6xabPM4=&sa=X&ei=fDIVTO2wCcj84AaD0onMCA&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAA
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