[Cerebral palsy in Dakar]

Dakar Med. 2002;47(1):77-80.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The objective of the study was to describe risks factors of cerebral palsy and to determine clinical forms. From November 1998 to July 2000,we conducted a prospective study to select outpatients showing cerebral palsy symptoms: so 93 children with age between 5 months and 11 years old entered on this study. For 44.08% cerebral palsy was related on pregnancy abnormalities, 32.26% have central nervous system infection and 8.6% have convulsions unknown cause . The cause of cerebral palsy was untraceable in 13.98% of the cases. 82.8% of the children have cerebral palsy associated with other handicaps. The commonest type of cerebral palsy was spastic forms (74.2%) followed by hypotonic cerebral palsy (16.13%), dystoniaathetosis and ataxic forms in 5.37% and 4.3% of the cases respectively. The overall prevalence of epilepsy was 46.23%. The other handicaps were neurosensoriel abnormalities (visual impairment, deafness), speech disorders and behavioural problems. Computerised tomography (CT), performed in 45 cases showed cortical/subcortical atrophy as the commonest brain lesions. The electroencephalographic abnormalities were identified frequently.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Palsy* / complications
  • Cerebral Palsy* / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Palsy* / etiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Senegal
  • Surveys and Questionnaires