A rare cause of neonatal hydrocephalus
| العنوان: | A rare cause of neonatal hydrocephalus |
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| المؤلفون: | Stephen T. Kempley, John Pasi, Angela Theodoulou, Sarah Louise Davidson |
| المصدر: | Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine. 2:71-73 |
| بيانات النشر: | Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2013. |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Embryology, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, medicine.disease, Haemophilia, business, Hydrocephalus |
| الوصف: | A term male infant was delivered by normal vaginal delivery following an uneventful pregnancy. He presented at 3 days of age with jaundice, weight loss, and poor feeding. He rapidly deteriorated with hypotonia, seizures, a tense fontanelle, and depressed conscious level. A cranial ultrasound scan showed moderate lateral and third ventricular dilatation, with no visible fourth ventricle. Doppler measurements showed absent diastolic flow, confirming markedly raised intracranial pressure. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure was markedly elevated and coagulation profile showed a specific prolongation of the activated partial thromboplastin time. Factor VIII assay confirmed haemophilia and a computed tomography scan showed a posterior fossa haemorrhage that was effacing the fourth ventricle and causing an acute hydrocephalus. He was managed with cerebrospinal fluid drainage and recombinant factor VIII concentrate. Posterior fossa haemorrhage is an unusual cause of acute high pressure hydrocephalus in the term neonate. Haemophilia should be considered as a cause of unusual intracranial haemorrhage in term neonates. |
| تدمد: | 2192-8959 2192-8932 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::9a925e24f8da755487c1ca7415719a91Test https://doi.org/10.1515/crpm-2013-0035Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........9a925e24f8da755487c1ca7415719a91 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 21928959 21928932 |
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