Porencephaly

Introduction: Porencephaly

Porencephaly: Porencephaly is an extremely rare disorder of the central nervous system involving cysts or cavities in a cerebral hemisphere. The cysts or cavities are ... more about Porencephaly.

Porencephaly: A central nervous system disorder involving cysts in the brain cortex caused by stroke, infection or genetic anomaly. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Porencephaly is available below.

Symptoms of Porencephaly

• Delayed growth
• Delayed development
• Spastic paresis (slight or incomplete paralysis)
• Hypotonia (low muscle tone)
• Seizures

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Porencephaly?

• Misdiagnosis of Porencephaly
• Underlying causes of Porencephaly (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Porencephaly

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially misdiagnosed as a ...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke or Alzheimer's...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild ...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See misdiagnosis...read more »

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Causes of Porencephaly

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More information about causes of Porencephaly:

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Treatments for Porencephaly

• Symptomatic
• Physical therapy
• Anti-seizure medications
• Shunt - for hydrocephalus

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Prognosis for Porencephaly

Prognosis for Porencephaly: Variable. Ranging from minor physical and mental defects to severe disability and early death.

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Reseach about Porencephaly

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Clinical Trials for Porencephaly

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Porencephaly include:

• Study of Abnormal Blood Clotting in Children With Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)

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Statistics for Porencephaly

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• Death and Mortality statistics for Porencephaly
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Types of Porencephaly

• Hydranencephaly
• Schizencephaly

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Article Excerpts about Porencephaly

Porencephaly is an extremely rare disorder of the central nervous system involving cysts or cavities in a cerebral hemisphere. The cysts or cavities are usually the remnants of destructive lesions, but are sometimes the result of abnormal development. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Porencephaly Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Porencephaly:

Porencephaly is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Porencephaly, or a subtype of Porencephaly, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)