MINITASK 2

A bulging fontanelle = sign of  intracranial hypertension

A/ Enumerate other clinical manifestations of the intracranial hypertension

B/ What are the benefits and limitations of these methods in the diagnostic of the intracranial
hypertension in small infants ?

fundoscopic examination, cranial ultrasound via the anterior fontanelle, brain CT, brain MRI,
lumbar punction

C/ What are the diseases typically presenting with the intracranial hypertension ?

D/ When does the anterior fontanelle usually close ?