Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents

A 1‐year‐old girl presented with an overly enlarged head for 5 months. Negligence of parents regarding treatment for this enlarged head is concerning. Early treatment can avoid a lot of complications. Hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis was diagnosed after a thorough history, examination,...

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Autores principales: Khizar, Ahtesham, Zahid, Soha, Yadav, Pradhumna Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10520414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37767138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7957
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author Khizar, Ahtesham
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description A 1‐year‐old girl presented with an overly enlarged head for 5 months. Negligence of parents regarding treatment for this enlarged head is concerning. Early treatment can avoid a lot of complications. Hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis was diagnosed after a thorough history, examination, and investigations. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed.
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spelling pubmed-105204142023-09-27 Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents Khizar, Ahtesham Zahid, Soha Yadav, Pradhumna Kumar Clin Case Rep Case Images A 1‐year‐old girl presented with an overly enlarged head for 5 months. Negligence of parents regarding treatment for this enlarged head is concerning. Early treatment can avoid a lot of complications. Hydrocephalus secondary to aqueductal stenosis was diagnosed after a thorough history, examination, and investigations. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy was performed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10520414/ /pubmed/37767138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7957 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents
title_full Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents
title_fullStr Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents
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title_short Delayed diagnosis of hydrocephalus: Negligence of enlarging head in a child by parents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10520414/
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