A Case Report of Cerebellar Atrophy Presenting as Specific Learning Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder

Bharathi K .

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Ms. S, an 11-year old female child referred from school for poor academic performance in the form of poor hand writing, spelling errors, and difficulty in mathematical problems. History revealed that she was a preterm delivery with no significant delay in developmental mile stones expect for delay in gross motor and fine motor skills. On psychological examination her IQ was 85, NIMHANS learning disorder index showed significant difficulty in reading and writing, and arithmetic problems leading to a diagnosis of specific learning disorder with developmental coordination disorder. Neurological evaluation showed the presence of cerebellar signs for which she was referred to a neurologist, and found to have bilateral cerebellar atrophy in MRI of brain. This case is reported for the rarity of presentation of cerebellar atrophy as specific learning disorder and developmental coordination disorder.

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