TY - JOUR
T1 - Benign subdural collections of infancy
AU - Robertson, William C.
AU - Chun, Raymond W.M.
AU - Orrison, William W.
AU - Sackett, Joseph F.
PY - 1979/3
Y1 - 1979/3
N2 - During the past two years we studied six infants with subdural collections of fluid. All patients had macrocrania and excessive transillumination of the head. Rapid head growth was common but five patients were otherwise asymptomatic. Subdural taps performed on five children confirmed the presence of abnormal fluid over the cerebral convexities. Subdural fluid in four patients was compatible with effusion and in another with a hematoma. Computerized tomographic evaluation of all infants showed ventricular enlargement, wide cerebral sulci, decreased density in the anterior temporal regions, large sylvian cisterns, prominent interhemispheric fissures, and decreased density over the cerebral convexities. The CT findings resembled cerebral atrophy but psychomotor development and neurologic examinations have been normal. Presented in part at the International Symposium of Neuroradiology, Weisbaden, Germany, June 6-10, 1978.
AB - During the past two years we studied six infants with subdural collections of fluid. All patients had macrocrania and excessive transillumination of the head. Rapid head growth was common but five patients were otherwise asymptomatic. Subdural taps performed on five children confirmed the presence of abnormal fluid over the cerebral convexities. Subdural fluid in four patients was compatible with effusion and in another with a hematoma. Computerized tomographic evaluation of all infants showed ventricular enlargement, wide cerebral sulci, decreased density in the anterior temporal regions, large sylvian cisterns, prominent interhemispheric fissures, and decreased density over the cerebral convexities. The CT findings resembled cerebral atrophy but psychomotor development and neurologic examinations have been normal. Presented in part at the International Symposium of Neuroradiology, Weisbaden, Germany, June 6-10, 1978.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(79)80575-2
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(79)80575-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 423018
AN - SCOPUS:0018408740
SN - 0022-3476
VL - 94
SP - 382
EP - 385
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
IS - 3
ER -