Real time ultrasound diagnosis of hemorrhagic pathological conditions in the posterior fossa of preterm infants

Real time echoencephalography (RTE) was used to diagnose and serially follow intracranial pathological conditions in the posterior fossa of infants with a gestational age of less than 34 weeks. The posterior fossa was studied in four planes (coronal, modified coronal, sagittal, and parasagittal) wit...

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Published inNeurosurgery Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 281
Main Authors Bejar, R, Coen, R W, Ekpoudia, I, James, H E, Gluck, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1985
Subjects
Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnosis
Cranial Fossa, Posterior
Echoencephalography
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - diagnosis
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - diagnosis
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Summary:Real time echoencephalography (RTE) was used to diagnose and serially follow intracranial pathological conditions in the posterior fossa of infants with a gestational age of less than 34 weeks. The posterior fossa was studied in four planes (coronal, modified coronal, sagittal, and parasagittal) with a sector scanner equipped with a high frequency transducer that was placed on the fontanelles and the sutures. Hemorrhagic complications were easily differentiated from normal anatomy. RTE diagnosis was confirmed with computed tomographic scans (5 patients) and postmortem examination of the brain (18 infants). RTE is a precise and noninvasive technique to visualize hemorrhagic and other forms of abnormalities in the infratentorial compartment.
ISSN:0148-396X
DOI:10.1227/00006123-198503000-00001