Open AccessCT detection and course of intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants
Author(s) -
Carol M. Rumack,
Marilyn M. McDonald,
O P O'Meara,
B B Sanders,
Jeffrey C. Rudikoff
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.131.3.493
Subject(s) - medicine , sequela , subependymal zone , intraventricular hemorrhage , hydrocephalus , ventricular system , cerebrospinal fluid , computed tomography , brain hemorrhage , head trauma , radiology , pathology , surgery , blood pressure , gestational age , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Twenty neonates with a suspected intracranial hemorrhage were studied by computed tomography (CT). The exact site and extent of the hemorrhage in all infants were clearly demonstrated on serial CT scans. In intraventricular hemorrhage, a dense subependymal halo lined the ventricular system and could be recognized for up to 2 weeks. Discrete hemorrhage adjacent to the ventricular system also appeared as discrete nodules rather than as a diffuse hemorrhage. Blood in the ventricular system could be recognized up to 2 weeks when there were blood-cerebrospinal fluid levels. Hydrocephalus was a common sequela and was readily detectable before a measurable change in head size.