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Cystic brain stem necrosis in a premature infant after prolonged bradycardia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1636382     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A case is described of symmetrical cavitating brain stem necrosis produced by cardiac arrest in a premature infant. Two months after birth this 25-week gestational age infant suffered a prolonged episode of bradycardia. She was resuscitated and then died 3 weeks later. The autopsy revealed striking bilateral cavitation of the brain stem tegmentum extending in a columnar fashion from the upper portion of the spinal cord to the hypothalamus. The findings in this case are identical to the brain stem injury experimentally produced by complete cardiac arrest in the rhesus monkey.
Authors:
J Pindur; D M Capin; M I Johnson; N E Rance
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta neuropathologica     Volume:  83     ISSN:  0001-6322     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Neuropathol.     Publication Date:  1992  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-08-21     Completed Date:  1992-08-21     Revised Date:  2007-11-09    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0412041     Medline TA:  Acta Neuropathol     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  667-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bradycardia / pathology*
Brain / pathology
Brain Stem / pathology*
Female
Heart Arrest / pathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Necrosis

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