Correlation of brain CT findings and developmental outcome in patients with spastic cerebral palsy.
10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.103
- Author:
Eun Sook PARK
1
;
Chang Il PARK
;
Ju Kang LEE
;
Shin Young YIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Spastic cerebral palsy;
brain CT;
developmental delay
- MeSH:
Adolescence;
Adult;
Atrophy;
Brain/radiography*;
Cerebral Palsy/radiography*;
Cerebral Palsy/physiopathology*;
Cerebral Palsy/complications;
Child;
Child Development/physiology*;
Developmental Disabilities/etiology;
Female;
Human;
Male;
Middle Age;
Muscle Spasticity/radiography;
Muscle Spasticity/physiopathology;
Time Factors;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1998;39(2):103-108
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Brain computed tomography (CT) is a useful tool for evaluating the pathologic findings in the brains of children with neurologic abnormalities. Brain CT investigation and the Munchner Funtionelle Entwicklungs Diagnostik (MFED) developmental assessment was performed in 88 patients with spastic cerebral palsy. The incidence of abnormal brain CT findings in patients with spastic cerebral palsy was 69.3%. The group with pathologic CT findings had a greater possibility of having developmental delay than the group with normal CT findings (p < 0.05). However, there was no significant relationship between the specific MFED categories and the types of brain CT abnormalities. Pathological CT findings could offer important prognostic information indicating a higher risk concerning the grade of developmental delay.
