Ultrasonographical and morphological examination of subependymal cystic lesions in maturely born infants.
The clinical data and development of 8 cases with subependymal cysts detected on neurosonography in the neonatal period were studied, and the prognosis was found to vary. Also, clinico-pathological examination of 15 autopsied cases of congenital subependymal cysts (SEC) was performed, with immunohistochemical staining involving neuron-specific enolase in three cases, which revealed that congenital SEC are often complicated by various degrees of brain and heart anomalies, and suggested that SEC might occur in a wide gestational age range, with various causes. Therefore, it is important in the future to determine the agents which cause destruction of the subependymal germinal matrix.
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Division of Child Neurology, Tottori University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ando
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Takeshita
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Takada
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Takashima
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography