Case Report of a Child with Specific Writing Disorder Due to Visual Perceptive Impairment Suspected to be Caused by Periventricular Leukomalacia

Abstract

A case with learning disability at school was diagnosed as specific developmental writing disorder by multiple batteries of cognitive-psychological performance and study performance, and visual cognitive impairment was suspected. There were high-intensity areas around the brain white matter near both sides of the trigone of the lateral ventricle in T2 weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The case was suspected to have periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), and to be affected with visual cognitive impairment caused by PVL.