Computerized tomography in cerebral-palsied children.

Of a total of 160 patients with cerebral palsy, 80 were studied by computerized tomography. In the congenital group, abnormal studies were found in two of the 12 patients with diplegia, 16 of 18 with hemiplegia, 14 of the 18 with quadriplegia and five of the seven with atonic diplegia. 18 of 21 patients with acquired disease had abnormal CT scans. Computerized tomography is a useful tool for demonstrating the anatomical lesion responsible for cerebral-palsied patients' clinical findings. It is also useful in making a prognosis of functional outcome, and in defining lesions which are correctable by neurosurgery.