Vitamin K deficiency bleeding presenting as impending brain herniation.

J Pediatr Neurosci

Department of Neonatology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala, India.

Published: January 2010

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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