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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2019; 17(01): 038-040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1608948
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

An Infant with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in the Setting of Hydranencephaly

K. S. Deerwester
1   Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
,
O. Avidan
2   Department of Pediatric Neurology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, United States
,
A. K. Craig
1   Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
2   Department of Pediatric Neurology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, United States
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29 March 2017

26 October 2017

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08 December 2017 (online)

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Abstract

An infant of 37 weeks' gestation was born with signs and symptoms of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). Upon further investigation, he was found to have congenital hydranencephaly, a condition in which the forebrain is absent. In this case report, we explore the mechanisms of NAS and hydranencephaly, and why an infant without a forebrain can still experience NAS symptoms.

Keywords

brain - neonatal abstinence syndrome - hydranencephaly
 

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