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Clinical and functional aspects of Colpocephaly: a case report in the interior of the Amazonia
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Keywords

Central Nervous System
Congenital Abnormalities
Developmental Disabilities
Physical Examination

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Clinical and functional aspects of Colpocephaly: a case report in the interior of the Amazonia. (2020). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 38, e2246. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e2246.2020

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Abstract

Objective: To report the clinical and functional characteristics of a child with Colpocephaly in the interior of the Amazonia. Case report: Child, male, aged 2 years and 8 months, with multiprofessional follow-up, presented the diagnosis of Colpocephaly associated with microcephaly. A 41-week-old atherm born by vaginal delivery, with a low birth weight and a head circumference of 33, being hospitalized for neonatal infection for 14 days. Currently the physical examination is normotonic, without joint blocks, with a 45 cm cephalic perimeter, hyperreflexia. patellar and Achilles, presence of Babinski's Sign, foot in inversion and flat, not crawling, not standing alone and not walking. The neuropsychomotor development was also evaluated through the Baylely Scale. The child obtained the following staggered scores according to the five domains: cognition (1), language (8), motor skills (4), socioemotional (6) and adaptive behavior (22), this Scale has the potential to provide clinically useful information on the disease in question. Final considerations: It was detected through the evaluation delayed neuropsychomotor development, however, it is not possible to state that this is due to Colpocephaly, because the child has multiple comorbidities that can aggravate the neuropsychomotor development delay rates.

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