Ali Al-Smair¹, Bilal F Shanti²*, Zaynab I Shanti³, Osama Saadeh⁴, Mohamed I Shanti⁵, Ahmad Saadeh⁶, Ihsan F Shanti⁷, Ahmad AlAli⁸

¹Radiologist, Medray International Radiology Center, Amman Jordan
²Founder, Omnia Pain Consultants, Pain Medicine, Phoenix AZ, USA
³Second Year Medical Student, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin Ireland
⁴Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Public Health, Chicago, IL, USA
⁵First Year Medical Student, St George University Medical School, Granada
⁶Intern doctor, M.D. University of Jordan, Faculty of medicine, Amman Jordan
⁷The American Clinic for Interventional Pain and Spine, Amman Jordan
⁸Neuroradiologist, fellow of the Royal Medical Services, Department of Radiology, Jordanian Ministry of Health, Amman Jordan

*Corresponding Author:Bilal F Shanti, Founder, Omnia Pain Consultants, Pain Medicine, Phoenix AZ, USA.

Received: March 09, 2022; Published: March 25, 2022

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common clinical and neurobehavioral disorder that has a serious impact on the patient and his/her loved ones. Structural deformities associated with ADHD have been described, of which the corpus callosum is one of the most parts studied.
Deformities involving the splenium of corpus callosum have a robust association with ADHD. In this manuscript, we present a case of degeneration of a hypoplastic splenium of corpus callosum in an ADHD patient detected on MRI 2 years after initial detection of hypoplasia of corpus callosum.
To our knowledge, and after searching the published scientific data, this case may be the first case to report degeneration of a hypoplastic splenium of corpus callosum in an ADHD patient. It highlights a few important points: sample age matching in studies focusing on neuroanatomy of ADHD, it provides possible evidence that neuroanatomy can change with time in ADHD, and its association to worsening ADHD symptoms.

Keywords: ADHD; Degeneration; Splenium; Corpus Callosum; Case Report

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Citation

Citation: Bilal F Shanti., et al. “Degeneration of the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum in an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Patient: A Case Report". Acta Scientific Neurology 5.4 (2022): 07-10.

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