title: Primary thalamic and caudate hemorrhage in term neonates presenting with seizures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics (Neurology), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hochhauser
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: 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