Open AccessParieto-occipital encephalomalacia in children; clinical and electrophysiological features of twenty-seven cases
Author(s) -
Pakize Karaoğlu,
Ayşe Polat,
Uluç Yış,
Semra Hız
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.159187
Subject(s) - encephalomalacia , medicine , psychomotor learning , occipital lobe , electroencephalography , epilepsy , psychomotor retardation , pediatrics , anesthesia , audiology , pathology , psychiatry , radiology , cognition , alternative medicine
Brain injuries occurring at a particular time may cause damages in well-defined regions of brain. Perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and hypoglycemia are some of the most common types of brain injuries. Neonatal hypoglycemia can cause abnormal myelination in parietal and occipital lobes resulting in parieto-occipital encephalomalacia. There is a small number of studies about clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) features of children with parieto-occipital encephalomalacia. They might have important neurologic sequelae such as cortical visual loss, seizures, and psychomotor retardation.