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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2013; 02(02): 141-143
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-13055
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Head injury in a child: A rare combination of three complications

Abdul Rashid Bhat
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
,
Mohammed Afzal Wani
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
,
Altaf R. Kirmani
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
,
Tariq H. Raina
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
,
Shafiq Alam
a   Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India
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29 September 2010

02 April 2011

Publication Date:
29 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

A 3-year-old female child presented with a rare combination of three complications 2 months after a closed head injury. A linear skull fracture grew into a leptomeningeal cyst within 8 weeks of head injury. In addition, a large brain abscess developed and led to hydrocephalus by causing ventriculitis, thereby increasing the size of leptomeningeal cyst.

Keywords

Childhood - closed head injury - leptomeningeal cyst - brain abscess - hydrocephalus