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Scalp edema

MedGen UID:
1641970
•Concept ID:
C0240933
•
Finding
HPO: HP:6000959

Definition

A palpable swelling in the scalp caused by an increase in interstitial fluid volume (excess fluid). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVScalp edema

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Prenatal diagnosis of partial trisomy 3q (3q27.3→qter) and partial monosomy 14q (14q31.3→qter) of paternal origin associated with fetal hypotonia, arthrogryposis, scoliosis and hyperextensible joints.
Chen CP, Chang YL, Chern SR, Wu PS, Su JW, Chen WL, Chen LF, Wang W
Gene 2013 Mar 1;516(1):132-7. Epub 2012 Dec 22 doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.12.052. PMID: 23266805

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

MR-guided focused ultrasound in pediatric neurosurgery: current insights, technical challenges, and lessons learned from 45 treatments at Children's National Hospital.
Keating GF, Chesney KM, Patel N, Kilburn L, Fonseca A, Packer RJ, Challa C, O'Brien PF, Donoho DA, Myseros JS, Oluigbo C, Keating RF, Syed HR
Neurosurg Focus 2024 Sep 1;57(3):E6. doi: 10.3171/2024.6.FOCUS24332. PMID: 39217632
Anti-S Antibody: A Rare Cause of Fetal Hydrops in a Previously Sensitized Mother.
Bakht A, Turner B, Warren CS, Simmons JH, Fadeyi EA
Lab Med 2021 Nov 2;52(6):609-613. doi: 10.1093/labmed/lmab014. PMID: 33900405
Chronological clinicopathological characterization of rapidly progressive alopecia areata resistant to multiple i.v. corticosteroid pulse therapies: An implication for improving the efficacy.
Fukuyama M, Sato Y, Kinoshita-Ise M, Yamazaki Y, Ohyama M
J Dermatol 2018 Sep;45(9):1071-1079. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14535. PMID: 29963718
Non-immune hydrops: Qatar experience.
Hasnani-Samnani Z, Mahmoud MI, Farid I, Al Naggar E, Ahmed B
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2013 Mar;26(5):449-53. Epub 2012 Oct 30 doi: 10.3109/14767058.2012.733781. PMID: 23039279
Neonatal complications of vacuum-assisted delivery.
Simonson C, Barlow P, Dehennin N, Sphel M, Toppet V, Murillo D, Rozenberg S
Obstet Gynecol 2007 Mar;109(3):626-33. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000255981.86303.2b. PMID: 17329513

Diagnosis

Novel pathogenic variants in FOXP3 in fetuses with echogenic bowel and skin desquamation identified by ultrasound.
Louie RJ, Tan QK, Gilner JB, Rogers RC, Younge N, Wechsler SB, McDonald MT, Gordon B, Saski CA, Jones JR, Chapman SJ, Stevenson RE, Sleasman JW, Friez MJ
Am J Med Genet A 2017 May;173(5):1219-1225. Epub 2017 Mar 20 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38144. PMID: 28317311Free PMC Article
Case report of optic atrophy in pansynostosis: an unusual presentation of scalp edema from hair braiding.
O'Hara CM, Izadi K, Albright AL, Bradley JP
Pediatr Neurosurg 2006;42(2):100-4. doi: 10.1159/000090463. PMID: 16465079
Dystocia in late labor: determining fetal position by clinical and ultrasonic techniques.
Rayburn WF, Siemers KH, Legino LJ, Nabity MR, Anderson JC, Patil KD
Am J Perinatol 1989 Jul;6(3):316-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-999602. PMID: 2659012
Prenatal ultrasonographic features of the Pena-Shokeir I syndrome and the trisomy 18 syndrome.
Muller LM, de Jong G
Am J Med Genet 1986 Sep;25(1):119-29. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320250113. PMID: 3541607
Diabetic halo. A reversible ultrasonic sign.
Kassam SH, Fadel HE
J Reprod Med 1981 Nov;26(11):588-92. PMID: 7338882

Therapy

Chronological clinicopathological characterization of rapidly progressive alopecia areata resistant to multiple i.v. corticosteroid pulse therapies: An implication for improving the efficacy.
Fukuyama M, Sato Y, Kinoshita-Ise M, Yamazaki Y, Ohyama M
J Dermatol 2018 Sep;45(9):1071-1079. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14535. PMID: 29963718
Neonatal complications of vacuum-assisted delivery.
Simonson C, Barlow P, Dehennin N, Sphel M, Toppet V, Murillo D, Rozenberg S
Obstet Gynecol 2007 Mar;109(3):626-33. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000255981.86303.2b. PMID: 17329513
Case report of optic atrophy in pansynostosis: an unusual presentation of scalp edema from hair braiding.
O'Hara CM, Izadi K, Albright AL, Bradley JP
Pediatr Neurosurg 2006;42(2):100-4. doi: 10.1159/000090463. PMID: 16465079
Chronic Pseudomonas infections of cochlear implants.
Germiller JA, El-Kashlan HK, Shah UK
Otol Neurotol 2005 Mar;26(2):196-201. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00011. PMID: 15793404
Natural history of hydrops resolution in fetuses with tachyarrhythmias diagnosed and treated in utero.
Petrikovsky B, Schneider E, Ovadia M
Fetal Diagn Ther 1996 Jul-Aug;11(4):292-5. doi: 10.1159/000264317. PMID: 8823611

Prognosis

Chronological clinicopathological characterization of rapidly progressive alopecia areata resistant to multiple i.v. corticosteroid pulse therapies: An implication for improving the efficacy.
Fukuyama M, Sato Y, Kinoshita-Ise M, Yamazaki Y, Ohyama M
J Dermatol 2018 Sep;45(9):1071-1079. Epub 2018 Jul 2 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14535. PMID: 29963718
Non-immune hydrops: Qatar experience.
Hasnani-Samnani Z, Mahmoud MI, Farid I, Al Naggar E, Ahmed B
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2013 Mar;26(5):449-53. Epub 2012 Oct 30 doi: 10.3109/14767058.2012.733781. PMID: 23039279
Hydrops fetalis: an unusual prenatal presentation of hereditary congenital lymphedema.
Daniel-Spiegel E, Ghalamkarpour A, Spiegel R, Weiner E, Vikkula M, Shalev E, Shalev SA
Prenat Diagn 2005 Nov;25(11):1015-8. doi: 10.1002/pd.1237. PMID: 16231305
Nonimmune hydrops fetalis due to congenital syphilis associated with negative intrapartum maternal serology screening.
Levine Z, Sherer DM, Jacobs A, Rotenberg O
Am J Perinatol 1998 Apr;15(4):233-6. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-993933. PMID: 9565220
Percutaneous umbilical transfusion in severe rhesus isoimmunization: resolution of fetal hydrops.
Socol ML, MacGregor SN, Pielet BW, Tamura RK, Sabbagha RE
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1987 Dec;157(6):1369-75. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80226-0. PMID: 3122574

Clinical prediction guides

Neonatal complications of vacuum-assisted delivery.
Simonson C, Barlow P, Dehennin N, Sphel M, Toppet V, Murillo D, Rozenberg S
Obstet Gynecol 2007 Mar;109(3):626-33. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000255981.86303.2b. PMID: 17329513
Chronic Pseudomonas infections of cochlear implants.
Germiller JA, El-Kashlan HK, Shah UK
Otol Neurotol 2005 Mar;26(2):196-201. doi: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00011. PMID: 15793404

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