title: [Cerebral ischemic infarction in newborn infants. Diagnosis using pulsed and color Doppler imaging].
abstract: In newborn infant, cerebral infarction is often difficult to distinguish from cerebral hemorrhage, both pathologies being moreover frequently associated. We report a left anterior stroke in a fullterm newborn who had seizures on the third day of life. Ultrasound scanning showed a hyperechogenic zone in the territory of the left anterior cerebral artery. Pulsed and color Doppler imaging showed a decreased blood flow velocity in comparison to the opposite side, thus enabling the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de néonatologie, hospital de S. Joao, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: d'Orey
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guimaraes
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004453:Echoencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed