Neuropsychological assessment in two cases of adult mild traumatic brain injury with a history of childhood head trauma

ABSTRACT

The existence of residual cognitive deficits following mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) has been a topic of controversy. The current paper describes neuropsychological assessment in two cases of adulthood mild traumatic brain injury. Both patients showed objective results demonstrating cognitive impairment. The first patient experienced a head trauma around the age of 4 and the other patient had a head injury around the age of 7. Discussion focuses on the need for the systematic consideration of a history of childhood head injury as a moderating factor that may account for why a subgroup of patients show cognitive deficits following MTBI.

KEYWORDS:

• Childhood head trauma
• gyrus rectus
• mild traumatic brain injury
• neuropsychological assessment
• orbitofrontal

Notes

¹The impairment ratings are based on the Heaton, Miller, Taylor, and Grant (2004) system.