Primary thalamic and caudate hemorrhage in term neonates presenting with seizures.
Two previously well term neonates who presented with seizures are described: one with thalamic hemorrhage and the other with thalamic and caudate hemorrhage. These 2 patients were the only neonates found with thalamic hemorrhage in a review of 54 term infants with intracranial hemorrhage at The Hospital for Sick Children over a 10 year period (1976-1986). Partial seizures occurred at 5 and 7 days after birth and were easily controlled. Prognosis was generally good in these 2 patients, as well as in 4 previously reported patients.
Adams
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Department of Pediatrics (Neurology), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Hochhauser
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Logan
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D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed