Multicystic encephalomalacia in liveborn twin with a stillborn macerated co-twin.
Computed tomography showed multiple cystic lesions in the brains of three infants with cerebral palsy. Each patient was the product of a twin pregnancy with a stillborn, macerated co-twin. In two patients angiography was performed and suggested that the cystic lesions were multicystic encephalomalacia due to perinatal arterial occlusion.
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004678:Encephalomalacia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014427:Twins