Blunt abdominal trauma to a pregnant woman resulting in a child with hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy and permanent eye damage

Abstract

BackgroundIn today's life trauma is a common and important complication of pregnancy and remains one of the major contributors to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality.Case presentationThe authors reported a case of 4 years old child with hemiplegic spastic cerebral palsy and permanent left eye damage due to antenatal trauma. He was an off spring to a 33 years old woman gravida 6 para 5 from western Sudan, who sustained a domestic blunt abdominal trauma during her routine daily activities. The abdominal trauma occurred during the third trimester at 36th week gestation of the pregnancy when the mother hit herself by the woody part of an axe non intentionally.ConclusionsThe findings from this case conclude that relatively minor trauma can have significant adverse effects on the fetus and can be devastating.