[Craniocerebral dysproportion--a contribution to the significance of extracerebral fluid collections in infancy].
By cranial ultrasound extracerebral fluid collections with a thickness of more than 5 mm were diagnosed in 101 infants under 1 year of age (jan. 84-dec. 85). Well-known etiologic factors were found in many cases (subdural hygroma, bacterial meningitis, shunt-dysfunction, congenital malformations, ACTH-therapy). In 38 children with normal clinical and neurological aspect no definite cause could be detected. In case of normal head circumference we consider this state as a variation of the norm. In case of macrocephalus (greater than 97th percentile) we propose the terminus "cranio-cerebral dysproportion". Possible etiologies, diagnostic procedures and differential diagnosis are discussed. The knowledge of this benign condition is important to prevent children from unnecessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
Bode
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Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Freiburg i. Br.
Strassburg
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D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002508:Cephalometry; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology*; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology*; D007223:Infant; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Die kranio-zerebrale Dysproportion--ein Beitrag zur Bedeutung extrazerebraler Flüssigkeitsansammlungen im Säuglingsalter.