title: Subarachnoid fluid collections: a cause of macrocrania in preterm infants.
abstract: We report the outcome of 12 very low birth weight infants with macrocrania caused by subarachnoid fluid collections. By the age of 15 to 18 months, head growth had stabilized along a curve above and parallel to the 95th percentile. No infant required neurosurgical intervention, nor was cerebral palsy or mental retardation diagnosed in any of the infants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: al-Saedi
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Debooy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Casiro
mesh_terms: D004453:Echoencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013346:Subarachnoid Space / Q000002:abnormalities*