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Case records of children admitted with head injury due to TV fall in a pediatric tertiary care hospital in Chennai, during March 2007 – February 2008 were analysed retrospectively. Out of the 11 children admitted 6 (54%) were in 1-2 yr age group. Bleeding from the ear, nose and throat was the commonest, finding followed by a skull fracture, seen on imaging studies. These were observed in 9 (81.81%) and 8(72.8%) children respectively. There was no mortality.
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Accidentes Domésticos , Preescolar , Traumatismos Craneocerebrales/epidemiología , Traumatismos Craneocerebrales/etiología , Traumatismos Craneocerebrales/patología , Femenino , Humanos , India/epidemiología , Lactante , Masculino , TelevisiónRESUMEN
Xanthogranuloma are known to arise in the paranasal sinus or orbit. They may also arise primarily in the brain. Those arising from the sinuses or orbit might involve the intracranial cavity to some extent. But an extensive involvement of the cranial compartment is very rare. This report describes one such case.
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Adolescente , Neoplasias Encefálicas/diagnóstico , Humanos , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Masculino , Neoplasias Orbitales/diagnóstico , Xantogranuloma Juvenil/diagnósticoRESUMEN
CSF ascites is a very rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt procedure. No definite explanation has been offered for the inability of the peritoneum to absorb the CSF. Two children who underwent VP shunting for hydrocephalus, presented with ascites 3 (1/2) years and 4 months respectively, after the shunt was placed. The treatment of choice is conversion of the VP shunt to a ventriculoatrial shunt.