Signs and Symptoms
Patients diagnosed with porencephaly display a variety of symptoms, from mild to severe effects on the patient. Patients with severe cases of porencephaly suffer epileptic seizures and developmental delays, whereas patients with a mild case of porencephaly display little to no seizures and healthy neurodevelopment. Infants with extensive defects show symptoms of the disorder shortly after birth, and the diagnosis is usually made before the age of 1.
The following text lists out common signs and symptoms of porencephaly in affected individuals.
- Degenerative or non-degenerative cavities or cysts
- Delayed growth and development
- Spastic paresis and contractures
- Hypotonia
- Epileptic seizures and epilepsy
- Macrocephaly
- Microcephaly
- Hemiplegia
- Tetraplegia
- Intellectual and cognitive disability
- Poor or absent speech development
- Hydrocephalus
- Mental retardation
- Poor motor control, abnormal movements of appendages
- Cerebral palsy
- Blood vascular diseases such as intracerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction.
- Cerebral white-matter lesions
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