External hydrocephalus in primary hypomagnesaemia: a new finding.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This paper reports a new finding in two siblings with primary hypomagnesaemia as a result of renal magnesium wasting, namely, rapidly increasing head size. External hydrocephalus and brain shrinkage in primary hypomagnesaemia seen on computed tomography of the brain with reversibility after magnesium treatment has not been reported previously.
Medical subject headings
- Hydrocephalus
- Magnesium
- Magnesium Deficiency