About Vicharn Lipisuwanchote Expertise I am a medical student. I am interested in neurosurgery, so any questions related to neurosurgery are welcome. I will look it up for you if I do not know the answer.
Neurology (general) - Ventriculomegally, Agenesis Corpus Callosum, Atrophy Cerebellum
Expert: Vicharn Lipisuwanchote - 11/16/2006
Question Dear Vicharn,
Good Evening. Our little baby (Emma) had been delivered successfully on Oct 23.
At the 5th month of pregnancy, through 4D sonograph, she was diagnosed having ventriculomegally abnormalities.
1 week after she was born, we had performed MRI photograph to examine her brain abnormalities. And according to doctor, no need shunting surgery for this since the liquid is not stuck inside her brain. However, she still had some brain abnormalities, the name of these abnormalities are (sorry if I am wrong): Agenesis Corpus Callosum and Atrophy Cerebellum.
The excessive of liquid had been also noticed on the right side of brain. However, the brain web still notice in some area of left side.
However, the doctor (children specialist) advised us to try continuously stimulation (by talking, smiling, touching her) all the time in order to encourage her brain.
Kindly please advise if all of these abnormalities could be back at normal stage in coming 3 years? Could these abnormalities causing death? will my baby getting slow in mental development or could she walk at 9th month old?
Thank you very much, Vicharn,
Erwin
Answer generally patients like your baby not die from brain pathology. but as it needs treatment, maybe they would die from surgery complications, or other result from brain abnormalities, like infection, lungs complication,or seizure.
mental retardation , i think, will stands in some degree, depends on extents of brain lesions and agenesis of corpus callosum.and also, depends on stimulation of development.
as in reference,agenesis of corpus callosum will have seizure in about 70 percents, and MR in 50 percents, no neurological defects detect in 10 percents.but remarks on your baby's brain lesions also.
