TY - JOUR T1 - Subdural fat effusion complicating parenteral nutrition. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1350 LP - 1351 DO - 10.1136/adc.66.11.1350 VL - 66 IS - 11 AU - A Rushforth AU - M A Green AU - M I Levene AU - J W Puntis Y1 - 1991/11/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/66/11/1350.abstract N2 - A preterm infant fed parenterally through a central venous catheter developed a subdural effusion containing fat emulsion. Subsequent postmortem examination failed to demonstrate any vascular abnormality that might have explained this rarely reported complication. Although retrograde flow of feeding solutions into cerebral veins seems a likely explanation, the exact mechanism remains uncertain. ER -