Acute subdural haematoma in a neonate.
A male child of Jordanian parentage who was born in an ambulance was immediately admitted to Al-Adan Hospital, Kuwait, with left parietal cephalhaematoma. Two days later he started to convulse on the right side of the body and was found to have a dilated left pupil and spastic right leg. A computed tomographic brain scan showed a large subdural haematoma which extended from the posterior interhemispheric fissure to cover the left convexity of the brain (type II of Hayashi et al. [6]). The subdural haematoma was removed through a left temporoparietal craniectomy. The child had a smooth postoperative recovery and was in a neurologically satisfactory condition during a 16-month follow-up period.
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Department of Surgery, Al-Adan Hospital, Fahaheel, Kuwait.
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D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed