Lesion mistaken for hemorrhage in a premature infant: lipoma of corpus callosum.
An infant, 26 weeks gestation, had a stormy neonatal course; at 10 hours of age, initial cranial ultrasound apparently demonstrated a left subependymal hemorrhage placed somewhat medially with possible extension into the lateral ventricle. These ultrasound findings were present up to and including a study on the seventeenth day of life. At 7 months of age, repeat ultrasound once again demonstrated supposed hemorrhage which involved both choroid plexuses and the third ventricle or basilar cisterns. Computed tomography revealed a lipoma of the corpus callosum with calcifications. This patient is one of the youngest reported in the literature with this tumor.
Imaizumi
S O
SO
Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129.
Pleasure
J R
JR
Zubrow
A B
AB
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography