title: Association between neonatal Volkmann's syndrome and perinatal ischemic stroke: review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Neonatal forearm compartment syndrome, also known as neonatal Volkmann's syndrome, is an uncommon condition for which the pathognomonic finding is the presence of a forearm skin lesion. Stroke in newborns occurs in about 1/1600-5000 births. Aim of the present review is to highlight the possible association of these two conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  we performed a review concerning the association of both these conditions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found only few reports on the association of an ischemic limb injury and a perinatal stroke combined in the same newborn.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In light of the high percentage of delayed diagnosis of perinatal stroke, we recommend to perform an accurate neurological evaluation and eventual neuroimaging studies in order to investigate for a cerebral vascular damage and, furthermore, to rule out thrombophilic conditions in infants with signs of a neonatal ischemic limb and/or Volkmann's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: . elena.pavlidis2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.forename: Carlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spagnoli
authors.forename: Maddalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duca
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pisani
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome