title: Endoscopic evacuation of cerebellar hematoma in a term newborn.
abstract: Intracerebellar hemorrhage is very rare in term infants and only severe cases with massive intracranial hemorrhage, posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus and clinical deterioration due to increased intracranial pressure require neurosurgical evacuation. In recent adult studies endoscopic hematoma evacuation has been shown as a rapid, effective, and safe technique. A term newborn hospitalized for meconium aspiration syndrome showed hypertonia, jitteriness and abnormal amplitude integrated electroencephalogram findings. He was diagnosed with cerebellar hematoma which caused hydrocephalus by cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The hematoma was successfully evacuated neuroendoscopically as the first case in literature to our knowledge. Neurologic, a-EEG and MRI findings resolved.
authors.affiliation: Ege University Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sema Rala
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Tanriverdi
authors.forename: Tuncer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.forename: Ozgun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uygur
authors.forename: Ozge Altun
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Koroglu
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yalaz
authors.forename: Nilgun
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kultursay
mesh_terms: D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D019723:Endoscopes; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male