Changeableness of selected characteristics of the head in the Rzeszów children and adolescents aged 4 to 18 in during a 35-year period

Perenc, Lidia; Radochońska, Anna; Błajda, Joanna

doi:10.15584/ejcem.2017.3.5

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“…For analyses of all of the above criteria, the z-score for head circumference (z-score HC) was computed for each patient. Normative values published earlier 9 were applied as references. For years, one of the authors has been participating in research on the secular trend in the development of children and youth from Rzeszow (the capital of Podkarpackie Province).…”

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“…At the Clinical Regional Rehabilitation and Education Centre (Rzeszow, Poland), the daily clinical work of this author involves children and adolescents with neurodysfunctions, and she often observes changes in their physical development. To define disorders such as microcephaly/macrocephaly, an additional anthropometric parameter (head circumference) was introduced during the research conducted in 2013/2014 9 . It was the first time that tables of norms containing mean values and standard deviation of the head circumference, taking into account age and sex, were presented 9 .…”

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“…To define disorders such as microcephaly/macrocephaly, an additional anthropometric parameter (head circumference) was introduced during the research conducted in 2013/2014 9 . It was the first time that tables of norms containing mean values and standard deviation of the head circumference, taking into account age and sex, were presented 9 . Both studied groups of school children (Rzeszow, Poland) and the Clinical Regional Rehabilitation and Education Centre (Rzeszow, Poland) are ethnically homogeneous.…”

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“…When calculating the z-score, the value of the anthropometric feature in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction was used, as was the value of the mean and standard deviation of the anthropometric feature from the reference system, taking into account sex and age 16 . The selected anthropometric parameter used was head circumference 9 .…”

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Abnormal cranium development in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

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Microcephaly and macrocephaly can be considered both cranial growth defects and clinical symptoms. There are two assessment criteria: one applied in dysmorphology and another conventionally used in clinical practice. The determination of which definition or under which paradigm the terminology should be applied can vary on a daily basis and from case to case as necessity dictates, as can defining the relationship between microcephaly or macrocephaly and syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction. Thus, there is a need for standardization of the definition of microcephaly and macrocephaly. This study was designed to investigate associations between abnormal cranial development (head size) and diseases or syndromes linked to neurodysfunction based on essential data collected upon admission of patients to the Neurological Rehabilitation Ward for Children and Adolescents in Poland. The retrospective analysis involved 327 children and adolescents with medical conditions associated with neurodysfunction. Two assessment criteria were applied to identify subgroups of patients with microcephaly, normal head size, and macrocephaly: one system commonly used in clinical practice and another applied in dysmorphology. Based on the results, children and adolescents with syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction present abnormal cranial development (head size), and microcephaly rarely co-occurs with neuromuscular disease. Macrocephaly frequently co-occurs with neural tube defects or neuromuscular diseases and rarely with cerebral palsy (p < 0.05); microcephaly frequently co-occurs with epilepsy and hypothyroidism (p < 0.001). Traditional classification facilitates the identification of a greater number of relationships and is therefore recommended for use in daily practice. There is a need to standardize the definition of microcephaly and macrocephaly and to include them in ‘Human Phenotype Ontology’ terms.

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“…To perform analyses taking into account all of the above criteria, z-score for head circumference (z-score hc) was computed for each subject. Normative values published earlier [3] were applied as reference.…”

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Abnormal cranium development in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction: a retrospective analysis

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Background: Microcephaly and macrocephaly are cranial growth defects and at the same time clinical symptoms. There are two assessment criteria, one applied in dysmorphology and the other conventionally used in clinical practice. Which one should be used on a daily basis and what is the relationship between microcephaly or macrocephaly and the syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction?. The study was designed to investigate the associations between abnormal cranium development (head size) and diseases or syndromes linked with neurodysfunction, based on essential data collected upon admission of the patients to the Neurological Rehabilitation Ward for Children and Adolescents.Methods: Retrospective analysis took into account 327 children and adolescents with medical conditions associated with neurodysfunction. In order to identify the subgroups of subjects with microcephaly, normal head size, and macrocephaly two assessment criteria were applied, one system commonly used in clinical practice and the other -applied in dysmorphology. To enable assessment based on all the above criteria, z-score for head circumference (z-score hc) was computed for each study participant. Normative values published earlier were used as reference. Results:The subjects were divided into seven subgroups -six with diseases/syndromes usually associated with encephalopathy (90.2%), and one with diseases commonly occurring without encephalopathy, i.e. neuromuscular disorders (9.8%). The findings showed more/less common cooccurrence of as well as statistically significant relationships between: the size of the headdysmorphology classification (hc), and diseases or syndromes associated with neurodysfunction (p=0.026), classification with regard to etiopathogenesis, presence and character of encephalopathy (p=0.010), epilepsy (p<0.001), hypothyroidism p=0.024, Cp=0.105); and the size of the headtraditional classification (hc) and entities or syndromes associated with neurodysfunction (p<0.001), classification with regard to etiopathogenesis, presence and character of encephalopathy (p<0.001), encephalopathy in neural tube defects (p=0.004, Cp=0.564), type of spasticity (p=0.034, Cp=0.211), epilepsy (p<0.001), as well as hypothyroidism (p<0.001). Conclusions: Children and adolescents with syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

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Microsomic and macrosomic body structure in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

Perenc

Guzik

Podgórska‐Bednarz

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In Poland the issue of microsomic body structure (micro-SBS) and macrosomic body structure (macro-SBS) has so far been overlooked. Up until now only a small amount of data have been published, most often as an overview of the problem. The current study was designed to investigate the co-occurrence of microsomic/macrosomic body structure (micro/macro-SBS) and congenital nervous system disorders or neurological syndromes with symptoms visible from infancy, based on essential data acquired during admission procedures at a neurological rehabilitation ward for children and adolescents. The study applied a retrospective analysis of data collected during hospitalization of 327 children and adolescents, aged 4–18 years who had been affected since infancy by congenital disorders of the nervous system and/or neurological syndromes associated with a minimum of one neurodysfunction. To identify subjects with microsomic or macrosomic body structure in the group of children and adolescents, the adopted criteria took into account z-score values for body height (z-score Ht), body weight (z-score Wt), head circumference (z-score HC), BMI (z-score BMI) and head circumference index (z-score HCI). The rates of micro/macro-SBS in the study group amounted to 7.3% and 0.6%, respectively. The findings show a more frequent co-occurrence of, as well as statistically significant correlations between, micro/macro-SBS and type of spasticity (cerebral palsy) (p = 0.024) as well as hydrocephalus not treated surgically (p < 0.001). Macro-SBS was found to more frequently co-occur with hemiplegia and hydrocephalus not treated surgically.

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Changeableness of selected characteristics of the head in the Rzeszów children and adolescents aged 4 to 18 in during a 35-year period

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Abnormal cranium development in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

Abnormal cranium development in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

Abnormal cranium development in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction: a retrospective analysis

Microsomic and macrosomic body structure in children and adolescents affected by syndromes or diseases associated with neurodysfunction

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