Pseudotumor cerebri and nutritional rickets

Pseudotumor cerebri and nutritional rickets

A bulging fontanelle due to benign increased intracranial pressure is not generally recognized as a manifestation of nutritional rickets but should be considered in the appropriate clinical setting. Two children who we saw presented with bulging anterior fontanelles were found to have pseudotumor ce...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of pediatrics 1985, Vol.143 (3), p.219-220
Hauptverfasser: DEJONG, A. R, CALLAHAN, C. A, WEISS, J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Pseudotumor Cerebri - etiology
Rickets - complications
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Zusammenfassung:A bulging fontanelle due to benign increased intracranial pressure is not generally recognized as a manifestation of nutritional rickets but should be considered in the appropriate clinical setting. Two children who we saw presented with bulging anterior fontanelles were found to have pseudotumor cerebri in association with nutritional rickets.
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/BF00442144