Spontaneous pneumocephalus secondary to leaking myelomeningocele
| Autor: | Sunilkumar Balakrishnan Sreemathyamma, Jyothish Laila Sivanandapanicker, Raja K Kutty, Anilkumar Peethambaran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Apneic spells
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test Neural tube defect Spinal dysraphism business.industry General Neuroscience Apnea Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Surgery Pneumocephalus Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine medicine.symptom business Hydromyelia Chiari malformation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences. 13:329 |
| ISSN: | 1817-1745 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/jpn.jpn_17_18 |
| Popis: | Myelomeningocele is one among the most common forms of spinal dysraphism. We report a newborn male child with leaking myelomeningocele who presented with apneic spells. He underwent a magnetic resonance imaging of the neuraxis, which revealed Chiari malformation and severe hydromyelia along with pneumocephalus. He was planned to undergo urgent repair of the neural tube defect but his parents were not willing for surgery. We report this case as spontaneous pneumocephalus secondary to open neural tube defect, which is very rare and sparsely reported. |
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