Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Cerebral Atrophy) that could possibly cause Cerebral Atrophy includes:
Conditions listing Cerebral Atrophy as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Cerebral Atrophy. Our database lists the following as having Cerebral Atrophy as a symptom of that condition:
As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Cerebral Atrophy may be found in:
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See Causes of cerebral palsy, for a more detailed description of the causes of CP. Incidence is slightly higher in premature neonates (anoxia plays the greatest role in contributing to CP) and in neonates who are small for their gestational age. CP is slightly more common in males than in females. For every 1,000 births, 2 to 4 neo-nates are affected.
Spastic cerebral palsy is the most common type of CP, affecting about 50% of CP patients.Athetoid cerebral palsy affects about 20% of CP patients, ataxic cerebral palsy accounts for another 10% of these patients, and the remaining 20% of patients are mixed, with a combination of symptoms.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Conditions that result in cerebral anoxia, hemorrhage, or other CNS damage are probably responsible for cerebral palsy.
Prenatal causes include maternal infection (especially rubella), radiation, anoxia, toxemia, maternal diabetes, abnormal placental attachment, vaginal bleeding, malnutrition, and isoimmunization.
Examples of perinatal and birth difficulties include inadequate oxygenation of the brain, forceps delivery, breech presentation, placenta previa, abruptio placentae, depressed maternal vital signs from general or spinal anesthetic, and prolapsed cord with delay in the delivery of the head. Premature birth, prolonged or unusually rapid labor, and multiple birth (especially infants born last in a multiple birth) may also cause cerebral palsy as well as bleeding into the brain.
Cerebral palsy may follow kernicterus resulting from erythroblastosis fetalis, brain infection, head trauma, prolonged anoxia, brain tumor, cerebral circulatory anomalies causing blood vessel rupture, and systemic disease resulting in cerebral thrombosis or embolus.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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