CEREBRAL EDEMA: A RARE COMPLICATION IN GALACTOSEMIA

Author(s):

Mehri Najafi , Ahmad Khodadad , Gholam Reza Khatami

Message:
Abstract:
A 34 day-old girl infant was admitted for poor feeding and cholestasis. She had a bulging fontanelle, with no evidence of intracranial infection or hemorrhage. Investigations demonstrated that she had galactosemia. Computed tomographic scans demonstrated the presence of diffuse cerebral edema. After treatment the edema resolved.
Keywords:

Galactosemia , cerebral edema , increased intracranial pressure

Language:
English
Published:
Medical Journal Of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Volume:18 Issue: 4, Winter 2005
Pages:
371 to 373
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