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Neonatal intracranial haemorrhage: a study using computerised tomography
Author(s) -
BUTLER DONALD L.,
SILVA MERLE
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1980.tb01316.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intracranial haemorrhage , lumbar puncture , autopsy , radiology , subependymal zone , intracranial hemorrhages , surgery , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , neurosurgery , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Intracranial haemorrhage was found in 22 infants with the aid of computerised tomography (CT). Six (27%) of these infants were full‐term. Seven infants died (32%). Most infants displayed clinical features normally associated with intracranial haemorrhage (ICH), but In two Infants fever was the most striking presenting sign of the haemorrhage. Lumbar puncture was only helpful in diagnosing intraventricular haemorrhage. Three types of haemorrhages were seen on the scans: intracerebral, subdivided Into subependymal, intracerebral and cortical; intraventricular; and midline interhemispheric. The latter haemorrhage was shown at autopsy to be located within the falx. This type of haemorrhage was seen in 19 of the 22 cases, both as an isolated haemorrhage and more usually, in combination with the other types.