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
