Two-dimensional echoencephalography in paediatric neurology.
Two-dimensional echoencephalography is a useful procedure in screening young infants for hydrocephalus and cerebral malformation. The procedure is noninvasive and easily repeated. The procedure is less reliable in detecting mass lesions except insofar as they disturb the anatomy of the ventricular system. The procedure can be considered as complementary to computerised axial tomography in the investigation of cerebral anatomy in paediatric neurology.
D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis; D008403:Mass Screening