neonatal asphyxia

There is abnormal lobulation of the lungs and neonatal asphyxia.

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Perinatal asphyxia or neonatal asphyxia is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn infant that lasts long enough during the birth process to cause physical harm, usually to the brain.

Overall, the most common cause of spastic diplegia is Periventricular leukomalacia, more commonly known as neonatal asphyxia or infant hypoxia - a sudden in-womb shortage of oxygen-delivery through the umbilical cord.