[Cerebral ischemic infarction in newborn infants. Diagnosis using pulsed and color Doppler imaging].
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.
d'Orey
M C
MC
Service de néonatologie, hospital de S. Joao, Porto, Portugal.
Melo
M J
MJ
Ramos
I
I
Guimaraes
H
H
Alves
A R
AR
Silva
J S
JS
Vasconcelos
G
G
Costa
A
A
Silva
G
G
Santos
N T
NT
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