Neonatal polycystic encephalomalacia: four new cases and review of the literature

Four patients with pathologically documented polycystic cavitation of the brain had an acute illness characterised by stupor, seizures, CSF erythrocytic and monocytic pleocytosis, increased CSF protein, and diminished CSF glucose. The acute phase was followed by chronic decerebation, disappearance o...

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Published in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1979-02, Vol.42 (2), p.154-160
Main Authors: Chutorian, A M, Michener, R C, Defendini, R, Hilal, S K, Gamboa, E T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain - pathology
Brain Diseases - diagnosis
Brain Diseases - etiology
Brain Diseases - pathology
Cysts - diagnosis
Cysts - etiology
Cysts - pathology
Female
Herpes Simplex - complications
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - diagnosis
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - etiology
Infant, Newborn, Diseases - pathology
Literature reviews
Male
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Summary:Four patients with pathologically documented polycystic cavitation of the brain had an acute illness characterised by stupor, seizures, CSF erythrocytic and monocytic pleocytosis, increased CSF protein, and diminished CSF glucose. The acute phase was followed by chronic decerebation, disappearance of the CSF abnormalities, and radiological evidence of polycystic cavitation of the brain. In one patient Herpes simplex was isolated from a cutaneous vesicle. The CSF abnormalities in the disorder have received scant attention, and have not previously been correlated with the acute and chronic stages. Clearly some cases are associated with Herpes simplex virus. The clinical profile should now be sufficiently distinctive to permit future identification of the aetiology in more neonates.
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.42.2.154