Congenital Porencephaly in a New Born Child
Published: November 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.5140
Nanjundaiah N, Ashfaque Mohammed, Venkatesh Shanbhag, Kalpana Ashfaque, Priya S.A
1. Resident Doctor, Department of Radiology, S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
2. Student, S.B.K.S. Medical Institute & Research Center, Suamandeep Vidhyapeeth University, At & Po Pipariya, Ta. Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
4. Professor, Department of Radiology, S.S.G. Hospital, Medical College, Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Pokhraj Prakashchandra Suthar,
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A 2-day-old male child presented with history of enlarged head and seizures since birth, born by caesarean section. Head circumference was 56 cm (dilated) with widely open anterior and posterior fontanelle. Routine investigations were within normal limits. CT head revealed a large non-enhancing fluid attenuating cystic lesion in posterior parietal and occipital region with communicating to dilated bilateral lateral ventricles and subarachnoid space.
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