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Normal ultrasound findings of the neonatal brain together with the technique of Transcranial ultrasoundOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The variety of information obtained from screening of preterm infants by transfontanellar sonography reveals the importance of this safe, cost–effective, and bedside modality to assess neurological complications in seriously ill newborns and to disclose to the parents the long-term neurological outcome apart from early referral to neurosurgeon for further management. The use of this valuable diagnostic tool by radiologists will enable them to improve skill by acquainting themselves with normal anatomical structures, anatomic variants, imaging pitfalls, and pathological processes with the help of grayscale imaging.
This study shows diagnostic and prognostic significance of cranial ultrasonography in critically ill neonates in NICU.
It also lays the importance of cranial ultrasonography as a screening tool for early detection of intracranial pathologies as well as for predicting the neurological outcome in critically ill neonates.
Cranial Ultrasonography is used as routine procedure in NICUs and was found to be an excellent and non-invasive and safe tool for brain imaging during the neonatal period. It enables screening of the brain and serial imaging in high-risk neonates. The study concludes that cranial ultrasonography is an important investigatory modality in NICU and effectively documents morphology of brain damage, enabling early intervention and treatment, and may improve clinical outcome.
It is useful for early diagnosis of germinal matrix, intraventricular haemorrhage, or both in the premature infant.
Hydrocephalus complicating intraventricular hemorrhage can be readily diagnosed and monitored. Similarly, sonography can be used to diagnose ventricular enlargement or other causes of macrocephaly and to diagnose congenital intracranial anomalies.
It has proven diagnostic value in detecting the most common brain lesions in premature neonates; such lesions include those due to intraventricular hemorrhage and white matter disease.