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External hydrocephalus in primary hypomagnesaemia: a new finding
  1. Bappal Bhaskera,
  2. Palany Raghupathya,
  3. T M Rajendran Naira,
  4. Syed Riaz Ahmedb,
  5. Vasantha deSilvac,
  6. Bipul Chandra Bhuyand,
  7. Saleh Mohammad Al Khusaibye
  1. aPaediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Child Health, Royal Hospital, PO Box 1331, CPO SEEB, Postcode 111, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, bPaediatric Neurology, Department of Child Health, Royal Hospital, cDepartment of Clinical Pathology, Royal Hospital, dDepartment of Radiology, Royal Hospital, eNeonatology, Department of Child Health, Royal Hospital
  1. Professor P Raghupathy, Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, PIN 632 004, India email:raghu{at}cmcvellore.ac.in

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.

  • primary hypomagnesaemia
  • external hydrocephalus

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.81.6.505

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