CRANIAL AUSCULTATION IN 2 CHILDREN WITH INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR MALFORMATION

Although most bruits heard over the skull in children are innocent, th ey might represent the sign of a treatable intracranial vascular patho logy. Nevertheless, cranial auscultation is not routinely carried out during physical examination at a young age. Two children with vascular malformations are described in whom a cranial murmur was an early sig n of intracranial vascular pathology. Routine cranial auscultation dur ing physical examination of children is recommended.