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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 5
| Issue : 1 | Page : 55-58 |
Vitamin K deficiency bleeding presenting as impending brain herniation
H Gopakumar, R Sivji, PK Rajiv
Department of Neonatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
H Gopakumar
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.66681
It is presently a universal practice to administer vitamin K at birth. Hence, the serious bleeding manifestations from vitamin K deficiency are nowadays very rare. We describe a case of late vitamin K deficiency bleeding presenting as intracranial hemorrhage with impending coning and the related review of literature. Such severe bleeding episodes due to vitamin K deficiency are associated with multiple cranial involvement and impending brain herniation is probably rare.
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