Retinal haemorrhage and fatal stroke in an infant with fibromuscular dysplasia.

Currie, A D; Bentley, C R; Bloom, P A · Arch Dis Child · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Non-accidental injury should be suspected and excluded in any infant found to have intracranial and retinal haemorrhage of unknown aetiology. This can be a sensitive issue for both medical staff and parents. We present a case in which the underlying cause of intracranial and retinal haemorrhage was fibromuscular dysplasia. It was a diagnosis made only at postmortem examination and it illustrates the diagnostic difficulty such cases may present.

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