Intracerebral hemorrhage: a rare late manifestation of vitamin-K deficiency in a breastfed infant. A case report.
Late hemorrhagic disease of the newborn (HDN) is a rare complication of vitamin-K deficiency and is especially associated with intracranial hemorrhage. It may also occur in infants who received vitamin-K prophylaxis at birth. Here, we reported a case of late HDN with frontal lobe hemorrhage due to vitamin-K deficiency. This form of intracranial hemorrhage of late HDN has been reported in the literature very rarely. We conclude that the efficiency of single-dose vitamin-K prophylaxis should be revaluated.
Soylu
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Department of Pediatrics, Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon.
Aslan
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Sari
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Erduran
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D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006475:Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding / Q000150:complications*