Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: May | Volume: 10 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 96-101
Cri-du-Chat Syndrome: A Case Report
Sreevidhya Giridhar
Department of Audiology, Speech and Language Pathology, Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neurosciences, Shoranur, Kerala, India
ABSTRACT
This study presents a case report of 11 month old female exhibits Cri-du-Chat syndrome (CdCs). Karyotyping shows partial deletion of chromosome 5p [46, XX, del (5) (p13, p15.3)].Children with Cri-du-Chat syndrome usually exhibit low weight, microcephaly, micrognathia, typical cat like cry, abnormal dermatoglyphics. Other associated problems described include cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, neuroanatomical abnormalities. Behavioral characteristics associated with CdCs include aggressiveness and self injurious, stereotyped behavior, and hyperactivity. Speech and language evaluation revealed poor pre-linguistic, receptive as well as expressive delay. Radiological and electrophysiological findings show correlation with other diagnostic results. We focuses the rehabilitation from two perspectives i.e., medical and non medical. Medical rehabilitation, which expeditious the improvement in all aspects of developmental milestones in general. Whereas non-medical rehabilitation were recommended for motor, neurological, behavioral, speech and language problems. We used multisensory approach along with rhythmic intonation patterns to improve receptive as well as expressive vocabulary. This study highlighted multidisciplinary team approach aggravates improvement in pediatric cases. Early intervention in CdCs helps to achieve an accurate prognosis, rapid acquisition of psychomotor development, and better social adaptation.
Key words: Cri-du-Chat, multisensory, multidisciplinary, early intervention