[Clinical and radiologic correlations in cerebral palsy].
The aim of this study was to determine clinico-radiologic correlations, using cranial magnetic resonance imaging (IRM)/computed tomographic exam (CT), in cerebral palsy (CP).


METHODS
We studied 129 children (86 males, 43 females; aged 2-18 years) diagnosed with different types of CP. Computed tomographic examinations was performed in 100 (77.52%) of children and IRM in 29 (22.48%).


RESULTS
In 19 (14.72%) children the neuroimaging exam was normal. At 110 (85.28%) patients the IRM/CT showed different types of abnormalities. The most common neuroimaging findings was ventriculomegaly (38 cases), followed by focal infarct (28 cases), periventricular leukomalacia (17 cases), cortical and cortical/subcortical atrophy (13 cases), basal ganglia lesions (12 cases) and cortical migration and organization problems (12 cases). The CT/IRM abnormalities was associated in 65.45% of cases with mental retardation and 44.54% presented epileptic seizures. In CP neuroimaging findings are common, but variable and IRM/CT change correlates with neurological assessment.


CONCLUSIONS
Patients with CP and mental retardation or/and epilepsy were more likely to have obvious CT/IRM changes.
Facultatea de Medicină, Doctorand al Universităţii de Medicină Si Farmacie Gr. T. Popa Iaşi.
Ioana
I
Grigore
Georgeta
G
Diaconu
D000293:Adolescent; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007969:Leukomalacia, Periventricular / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed