Knee-chest position as a sign of increased intracranial pressure in children

J Pediatr. 1993 Jan;122(1):99-100. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)83498-5.

Abstract

In three young children a newly acquired clinical sign--the knee-chest position--was associated with increased intracranial pressure. This sign may serve as an additional marker to suggest increased intracranial pressure in young children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytoma / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms / complications
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / complications
  • Infant
  • Knee
  • Pineal Gland
  • Posture / physiology*
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / etiology
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri / physiopathology*
  • Thorax