The role of cranial ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of infections of the central nervous system.
Imaging data concerning infection of the central nervous system (CNS) in neonates are usually confined to small groups of infants. We have reviewed the imaging findings in 96 preterm and full-term infants admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit over a 15 year period. Neuro-imaging, especially cranial ultrasound (CUS) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provided useful information; CUS allows the early and later detection of calcification, germinolytic and parenchymal cysts, ventricular dilatation and strands and ependymal abnormality; diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is especially useful in the acute stage of bacterial and viral infections, while conventional MRI helps in the detection of neocortical dysplasia in CMV infection and defining cerebellar abnormality.
de Vries
Linda S
LS
Department of Neonatology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands. l.s.devries@umcutrecht.nl
Verboon-Maciolek
Malgorzata A
MA
Cowan
Frances M
FM
Groenendaal
Floris
F
D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography