Erschienen in:
26.10.2017 | Scientific Letter
Bilateral Ptosis: A Rare Presentation of Hydrocephalus
verfasst von:
Mahesh Kamate, Santosh Kurbet
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 5/2018
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Hydrocephalus is common in children and many varied causes are known to present with hydrocephalus ranging from congenital to infections, trauma, intraventricular bleed and tumors. In children it mainly manifests as bulging anterior fontanelle, macrocephaly, irritability, squinting of eyes, sun set sign, retraction of upper eyelids, vomiting, head-banging/ headache and in rare cases, as spastic paraplegia. Presentation as just ptosis is not very well known and there are only isolated case reports [
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