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

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bhat, Abdul Rashid^; | Wani, Mohammed Afzal | Kirmani, Altaf R. | Raina, Tariq H. | Alam, Shafiq

Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India

Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Abdul Rashid Bhat, Department of Neurosurgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar Kashmir, India-190011. Tel.: +91 94 1908 1377; Fax: +91 19 4240 3306; E-mail: [email protected].

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

DOI: 10.3233/PNR-13055

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 141-143, 2013