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Rolandic Type Cerebral Palsy in Children as a Pattern of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury in the Full-Term Neonate

Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

Linda L. Hankins, MD

Department of Radiology University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

Joel W. Yeakley, MD

Department of Radiology University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

Ian J. Butler, MD

Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, Houston, TX

Magnetic resonance images (MRIS) of the brains of 11 patients aged from 1 week to 12 years with a distinctive type of cerebral palsy were selected based on distribution of cerebral lesions, which were restricted to bilateral perirolandic cortical and subcortical regions, including frequent symmetric involvement of basal ganglia and ventrolateral nucleus of thalami. Retrospectively, the perinatal history and clinical features were reviewed to correlate clinical data with this distinctive pattern of brain injury. Clinically affected neonates had an encephalopathy associated with a severe perinatal asphyxial event. Older children with cerebral palsy survived a similar perinatal course and demonstrated spastic quadriparesis with bulbar or pseudobulbar involvement, lack of verbal speech and variable delays in cognitive development. The distribution of hypoxic-ischemic lesions involving bilateral perirolandic regions, basal ganglia, and thalami, appears to correlate with increased metabolic areas of primary myelination in full-term neonates, but not with arterial border zones nor a single cerebral artery distribution. Myelination is a critical process in maturing brain associated with marked increase in tissue respiration and thus greater susceptibility to oxygen deprivation. It is believed that the extent of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury is determined principally by brain maturity and regional metabolic rates at time of insult and this correlates with active myelination in full-term neonates. This study confirms previous data from neuropathologic literature and recent reports of neuroimaging studies of asphyxiated neonates. In addition, retrospective analysis of the clinical data enables recognition of a type of cerebral palsy that might be the hallmark of hypoxic-ischemic injury in term neonates. (J Child Neurol 1998;13:313-321).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 13, No. 7, 313-321 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/088307389801300702


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