Spontaneous subhyaloid and retinal haemorrhages in an infant.
A 6 week old girl from a socially isolated family presented with seizures and was found to have a full fontanelle, retinal and subhyaloid haemorrhages, and anaemia. These findings were not the result of a shaking injury but of a ruptured intracerebral arterial aneurysm.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002649:Child Abuse; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*