Neonatal kernicterus

Definition

Kernicterus is a pathologic diagnosis of the neonate that is characterized by yellow staining of the basal ganglia following elevated bilirubin concentrations in the blood and/or a breech in the blood brain barrier more common in the premature infant or the sick term neonate. It is characterized later in infancy and childhood by hearing deficits, choreoathetosis, and varying degrees of cognitive deficit.

Exclusions

• kernicterus due to inborn errors of metabolism

Also indexed as

Nearby in Haemorrhagic or haematological disorders of fetus or newborn

• KA80Fetal blood loss
• KA81Umbilical haemorrhage of newborn
• KA82Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus or newborn
• KA83Certain specified neonatal haemorrhages
• KA84Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn
• KA85Hydrops fetalis due to haemolytic disease
• KA87Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia
• KA88Disseminated intravascular coagulation of fetus or newborn