title: Hemorrhagic periventricular leukomalacia: diagnosis by real time ultrasound and correlation with autopsy findings.
abstract: Hemorrhage into areas of periventricular leukomalacia may occur and range in size from microscopic to massive. Hitherto, the definitive diagnosis has been made only at autopsy. A case is described in which the diagnosis of hemorrhagic periventricular leukomalacia was made antemortem by real-time ultrasound scanning and confirmed at autopsy. Periventricular/intraventricular hemorrhage, a more common hemorrhagic lesion, may extend into periventricular with matter in a location ventral and medial to hemorrhagic periventricular leukomalacia. Real-time ultrasound scanning is a safe and reliable means of defining the topography of these two hemorrhagic lesions and, thereby, of suggesting the correct diagnosis.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009336:Necrosis; D014463:Ultrasonography