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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2020; 18(04): 201-205
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1700533
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Isolated Superior Cerebellar Vermis Injury: A Consequence of Hypoxic Ischemic Injury

Hiten Joshi 
1   Hull University Teaching Hospital, Hull, United Kingdom
2   Department of Paediatric Radiology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
,
Santosh R. Mordekar
2   Department of Paediatric Radiology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
,
Daniel J.A. Connolly
2   Department of Paediatric Radiology, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
,
Paul D. Griffiths
3   Department of Academic Radiology, Academic Unit of Radiology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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22 July 2019

18 September 2019

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25 October 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Hypoxic ischemic insult in early childhood can have a varied clinical presentation depending on the timing and severity of the insult, and magnetic resonance imaging plays a key role in identifying injury patterns. Dyskinetic cerebral palsy is commonly associated with injury to the basal ganglia and thalamus. We report two cases presenting in early childhood with signs and symptoms of dyskinetic cerebral palsy attributed to focal damage to the superior cerebellar vermis secondary to a hypoxic insult in the perinatal period in term infants.

Keywords

dyskinetic cerebral palsy - hypoxic ischemic insult - superior cerebellar vermis - magnetic resonance imaging
 

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