A case report of spastic diplegic cerebral palsy in a late preterm child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect, affecting 1% of children who are born in the United States each year. Children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a type of critical CHD, are at high risk for neurodevelopmental disabilities, which are conditions that can affect motor, language, and cognitive development. In children with critical CHD, the severity and prevalence of their motor delays is most pronounced in infancy.

Case description

We present a case of a former late preterm male with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and history of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, who was diagnosed with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy in the setting of periventricular leukomalacia. Like many children with critical CHD, this child had gross motor dela

SUBMITTER: Escapita AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11320016 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature