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[Craniocerebral dysproportion--a contribution to the significance of extracerebral fluid collections in infancy].

Abstract
By cranial ultrasound extracerebral fluid collections with a thickness of more than 5 mm were diagnosed in 101 infants under 1 year of age (jan. 84-dec. 85). Well-known etiologic factors were found in many cases (subdural hygroma, bacterial meningitis, shunt-dysfunction, congenital malformations, ACTH-therapy). In 38 children with normal clinical and neurological aspect no definite cause could be detected. In case of normal head circumference we consider this state as a variation of the norm. In case of macrocephalus (greater than 97th percentile) we propose the terminus "cranio-cerebral dysproportion". Possible etiologies, diagnostic procedures and differential diagnosis are discussed. The knowledge of this benign condition is important to prevent children from unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
AuthorsH Bode, H M Strassburg
JournalKlinische Padiatrie (Klin Padiatr) 1987 Nov-Dec Vol. 199 Issue 6 Pg. 399-402 ISSN: 0300-8630 [Print] Germany
Vernacular TitleDie kranio-zerebrale Dysproportion--ein Beitrag zur Bedeutung extrazerebraler Flüssigkeitsansammlungen im Säuglingsalter.
PMID3431019 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Atrophy
  • Brain (pathology)
  • Cephalometry
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage (pathology)
  • Echoencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus (pathology)
  • Infant
  • Intracranial Pressure
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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