Pediatric encephalic ultrasonography: the essentials
| Autor: | Francesco Esposito, Ciro Acampora, Chiara D’Errico, Francesca Iacobellis, Massimo Zeccolini, Valerio Vitale, Marco Di Serafino, Rocco Minelli, Aniello Esposito, Eugenio Rossi, Gianfranco Vallone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Encephalopathy Hemorrhage Brain damage Review Article Pediatrics 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Aneurysm 030225 pediatrics Brain Periventricular leukomalacia Ultrasonography Internal Medicine Medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Vein Brain Diseases medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasound Brain Mass Infant Newborn Infant Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Echoencephalography medicine.anatomical_structure Female Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | J Ultrasound |
| ISSN: | 1876-7931 |
| Popis: | Nowadays, cranial ultrasonography (US) of the newborn represents the first imaging method in brain damage study and its possible outcomes. This exam is performed using the natural fontanelles, especially the anterior one. It is fast, non-invasive and does not produce any side effect. Ultrasonographic examination is usually performed in cases of prematurity, especially in children with birth weight less than 1500 g, because important informations about the possible presence of pathologies such as cerebral hemorrhage and hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy are given. This approach can be useful also in the study of pre- and post-natal infections, for example, type II Herpes Simplex virus or Cytomegalovirus infections, or pointing out vascular malformations such as vein of Galen aneurysm. Although less important than methods such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of trauma and tumors, ultrasound can provide useful informations or be used in first instance in the suspicion of a brain mass. |
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