Table I.
Cerebral palsy etiology | Number of occurrences (%) | Description (n) |
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Perinatal brain injury | 207 (79.7) | Brain injury due to perinatal asphyxia or associated with prematurity |
Traumatic brain injury | 13 (4.9) | Accidental and non-accidental |
Vascular/hypoxic event | 10 (3.8) | Embolic stroke (2) |
Arterial stroke of unknown etiology (2) | ||
Sagittal sinus thrombosis (1) | ||
Global hypoxia/anoxia during cardiac arrest (1) | ||
AVM rupture (2) | ||
Stroke associated with CNS vasculitis (1) | ||
Factor V Leiden deficiency (1) | ||
Postinfectious | 11(4.2) | Encephalitis NOS (2) |
Congenital viral meningitis (CMV, HIV, HSV) (6) | ||
Bacterial meningitis (2) | ||
Malarial cerebritis (1) | ||
Structural abnormality | 8 (3.1) | Amniotic banding with cerebrocraniofacial abnormalities (1) |
Congenital spinal cord malformation (2) | ||
Brain tumor (1) | ||
Encephalocele (2) | ||
Dandy Walker malformation (2) | ||
Inherited disorder | 7 (2.7) | Mitochondrial encephalopathy (3) |
Leukodystrophy (2) | ||
Chromosome translocation (1) | ||
Genetic syndrome of unknown type (1) | ||
Movement disorder | 3 (1.2) | Huntington disease (1) |
Generalized dystonia (1) | ||
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (1) | ||
Metabolic disorder | 2 (0.8) | Hartnups (1) |
Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (1) |
AVM, arterial venous malformation; NOS, not otherwise specified; CMV, cytomegalovirus; HSV, herpes simplex virus.