Yonsei Med J.  1998 Apr;39(2):103-108. 10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.103.

Correlation of brain CT findings and developmental outcome in patients with spastic cerebral palsy

• Park ES
• Park CI
• Lee JK
• Yim SY

• KMID: 711533
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3349/ymj.1998.39.2.103

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.

Keyword

Spastic cerebral palsy; brain CT; developmental delay

MeSH Terms

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*