Volume 26, Issue 124, June 2022

A unique case report of microcephaly and malnutrition in a child with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy

Naman Mishra¹, Ashish Varma^2♦, Anuj Varma³, Jayant Vagha², Keta Vagha⁴, Shubhangi Ganvir⁴

¹UG student, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

The study of disease transmission of cerebral palsy (CP) expects to depict the recurrence of the condition in a populace and to screen its progressions over the long run. An 13-years-old male child presenting with recurrent Generalise Tonic Clonic Seizures (GTCS) lasting for about 30-60 minutes with normal spells ranging from few weeks to months and associated with up rolling of eyeball and developmental delay in all aspect since 2nd day of birth. Child was prescribed with Sodium Valproate and Levetiracetam and Midazolam spray SOS, along with the training of both parents regarding cerebral palsy on clinical, social, behavioural, and therapeutic aspects. The strict compliance of drug and physiotherapy regime was implied and improvement has been observed in the patient with decrease in frequency of seizures.

Keywords: Microcephaly, Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Spastic, Mental Retardation, Case report

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms228e2151

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i124/ms228e2151

Published: 18 June 2022