Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
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Growing skull fractures and other enlarging skull defects are rare postoperative occurrences. We report here on a 10-month-old girl who presented with an enlarging burr hole and pseudomeningocele after an endoscopic third ventriculocisternostomy. ⋯ Growing skull fractures or other enlarging bone defects may occur after burr hole placement, particularly in infants who require larger access sites for endoscopy.
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Case Reports
Split cord malformation and situs inversus totalis: case report and review of the literature.
Situs inversus is a rare condition of visceral transposition in which the spinal axis is rarely affected. ⋯ Recent compelling evidence from animal models and human case reports has led to hypotheses that defects of the midline and laterality defects (e.g., situs inversus) are etiologically related. Confirmation from additional case reports of situs inversus and split cord malformation could prove useful in determining a genetic locus for split cord malformations or implicating various chemical agents that are known to produce situs inversus as potential causative factors in the production of split cord malformations.