Cortical Laminar Necrosis Caused by Critically Increased Intracranial Pressure in an Infant  -Case Report-

An unconsciousness 12-month-old male infant was brought into the emergency room after car accident. On arrival, the patient's physical condition was unremarkable except for his neurological examination. Neurological examination revealed that pupils were equal (4 mm/4 mm) but not reactive to light and all extremities showed extension to nail bed pressure. Initial brain computed tomography (CT) showed severe brain swelling, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and left parietal bone fracture (Fig. 1). His intracranial pressure (ICP) was expected to be critically high, so we performed external ventricular drainage on right Kocher's point. The initial pressure was 25 cm H2O and serous, slightly bloody fluid was drained. During the supportive medical management in ICU, there was no event and the pa- INTRODUCTIONCortical laminar necrosis (CLN) is defined as the breaking down of a definite cell layer, especially in layers 3 and 5, in the cerebral cortex 1) , which seen as laminar high-signal on T1-weighted images, was described in Sawada et al. 10) and by Nabatame et al. 7) , and was thought to indicate the presence of methemoglobin, but pathological study revealed no hemorrhage 11) . High intensity cortical lesions are observed on T1-weighted magnetic resonance image (MRI) in brain infarcts 7,10) , which can be CLN, hemorrhagic infarcts or a combination of the two 11) . Though the imaging pattern of CLN in conventional imaging is the same for both entities, the pathophysiological mechanisms leading to its formation are entirely different. Infarction results from occlusion of intracranial artery whereas hypoxic insult causes selective neuronal loss affecting the most vulnerable regions of brain 3,5) . CLN represents to neuronal ischemia accompanied by gliosis and layered deposition of fat-laden macrophages 11) . CLN has been identified in conditions with energy depletion and metabolic changes, including hypoxia, epilepsy, hypoglycemia, hyponatremia, and mitochondrial disorders 9) . Here, we report a 12 month-old male infant who suffered diffuse brain injuries following car accident and showed CLN. Cortical laminar necrosis appears as hyperinense lesions with a laminar pattern on T1 weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, without signs of hemorrhage or calcification on T2 weighted MR imaging or computed tomography. It has been reported to be associated with hypoxia, metabolic disturbances, drugs, and infections. We present a 12 month-old male infant who suffered diffuse brain injuries following car accident and showed laminar necrosis of cortex.

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Cortical Laminar Necrosis Caused by Critically Increased Intracranial Pressure in an Infant -Case Report-

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