Ruptured chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma in infancy: review of the literature with a case report

We report a case of a 2-month-old boy with chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma (EICH) and discuss clinical, radiological and pathological features of the case. Chronic EICH in infants is extremely rare in the literature. Only two cases have been previously reported. One of the cases reported...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Child's nervous system 2006-04, Vol.22 (4), p.436-439
Hauptverfasser:	Cakir, Ertugrul, Kuzeyli, Kayhan, Usul, Haydar, Sayin, Ozgür C, Kararslan, Gökalp, Peksoylu, Bekircan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidental Falls Cerebral Hemorrhage - complications Cerebral Hemorrhage - surgery Chronic Disease Female Hematoma - etiology Hematoma - surgery Humans Infant Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic - complications Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic - surgery Rupture, Spontaneous Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case of a 2-month-old boy with chronic encapsulated intracerebral hematoma (EICH) and discuss clinical, radiological and pathological features of the case. Chronic EICH in infants is extremely rare in the literature. Only two cases have been previously reported. One of the cases reported in the literature was supratentorial and the other was infratentorial.
ISSN:	0256-7040 1433-0350
DOI:	10.1007/s00381-005-1157-x