Primary thalamic and caudate hemorrhage in term neonates presenting with seizures

Pediatr Neurol. 1988 May-Jun;4(3):175-7. doi: 10.1016/0887-8994(88)90008-2.

Abstract

Two previously well term neonates who presented with seizures are described: one with thalamic hemorrhage and the other with thalamic and caudate hemorrhage. These 2 patients were the only neonates found with thalamic hemorrhage in a review of 54 term infants with intracranial hemorrhage at The Hospital for Sick Children over a 10 year period (1976-1986). Partial seizures occurred at 5 and 7 days after birth and were easily controlled. Prognosis was generally good in these 2 patients, as well as in 4 previously reported patients.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Caudate Nucleus / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging*
  • Child Development
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Spasms, Infantile / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thalamic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*