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.
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Authors | H Bode, H M Strassburg |
Journal | Klinische Padiatrie
(Klin Padiatr)
1987 Nov-Dec
Vol. 199
Issue 6
Pg. 399-402
ISSN: 0300-8630 [Print] Germany |
Vernacular Title | Die kranio-zerebrale Dysproportion--ein Beitrag zur Bedeutung extrazerebraler Flüssigkeitsansammlungen im Säuglingsalter. |
PMID | 3431019
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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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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