Citation

Villelli N, Hauser N, Gianaris T, Froberg BA, Fulkerson DH. J. Neurosurg. Pediatr. 2017; 20(4): 393-396.

Affiliation

Department of Neurological Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine; and.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Association of Neurological Surgeons)

DOI

10.3171/2017.5.PEDS16695

PMID

28806884

Abstract

The use of ketamine as a drug of abuse has increased and so too has the risk of accidental overdose. Here, the authors report the case of a 10-month-old infant who inadvertently ingested ketamine. The child demonstrated severe cerebellar swelling that required emergency surgical intervention. The authors describe the clinical course of this child and present the radiographic characteristics of the brain. The imaging characteristics were not consistent with purely anoxic injury, thus suggesting a specific effect of this drug. To the authors' knowledge, similar imaging characteristics in this context have not been described.

Language: en

Keywords

EVD = external ventricular drain; PEG = percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; cerebellar; edema; ketamine; pediatric neurosurgery