title: Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in congenital rubella virus and cytomegalovirus infections.
abstract: Two children with congenital rubella virus and six with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections, were examined by magnetic resonance (MR) and CT. Cranial MR imaging (MRI) with T2-weighted spin-echo (SE) and inversion recovery (IR) sequences demonstrated the following: periventricular hyperintensity (4), subcortical hyperintensity (5), delayed myelination (4), oligo/pachygyria (2), cerebellar hypoplasia (2). This study showed that the more-disabled children had more marked abnormal MRI findings. MRI was more effective in the detection of parenchymal lesion than was CT, although intraventricular calcification was better visualized with CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niimi
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012410:Rubella Syndrome, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed