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[Growing cranial fractures in infancy (author's transl)]. 1979

S I Pascual-Pascual, and I Pascual-Castroviejo, and F Villarejo

Seventeen cases of growing cranial fractures in infancy are presented, eleven males and six females. Seventy per cent of the cases suffered a traumatic episode before one year of life. Thirteen of the total group experienced surgical intervention in which a completely defective duramater and alterations of the leptomeninges and the subsequent cerebral cortex were encountered. Leptomeningeal cysts were found in nine patients or 70 per cent of the cases. Ventricular system revealed alterations in all cases that were studied by means of neumoencephalography or computerized axial tomography. Evolution of 15 of the cases was follow up for a period of time which varied between five months to eleven years of age. An analysis of electroencephalographical alterations and neurological sequelae is made. An uncommon form of clinical-electroencephalographic evolution is described in one of the cases.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007049	Iatrogenic Disease	Any adverse condition in a patient occurring as the result of treatment by a physician, surgeon, or other health professional, especially infections acquired by a patient during the course of treatment.	Hospital-Acquired Condition,Condition, Hospital-Acquired,Conditions, Hospital-Acquired,Disease, Iatrogenic,Diseases, Iatrogenic,Hospital Acquired Condition,Hospital-Acquired Conditions,Iatrogenic Diseases
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007231	Infant, Newborn	An infant during the first 28 days after birth.	Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D011011	Pneumoencephalography	Radiographic visualization of the cerebral ventricles by injection of air or other gas.	Cisternography, Pneumoencephalographic,Pneumoencephalographic Cisternography,Cisternographies, Pneumoencephalographic,Pneumoencephalographic Cisternographies,Pneumoencephalographies
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004569	Electroencephalography	Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain.	EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D005260	Female		Females
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man