RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Subdural fat effusion complicating parenteral nutrition.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1350
OP 1351
DO 10.1136/adc.66.11.1350
VO 66
IS 11
A1 Rushforth, A
A1 Green, M A
A1 Levene, M I
A1 Puntis, J W
YR 1991
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/66/11/1350.abstract
AB 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.