Table 5 Patients with periventricular white matter (PVWM) damage.
| Patient | GA | ODA (mm2) | PVWM damage | Associated IVH grade | Associated porencephaly | Time of insult | Diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severity | Localisation† | Symmetry | |||||||
| 1 | 29 | 1.19 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid | No | (R) G4, (L) G3 | Yes | Day 3 | PVH |
| 2 | 26 | 1.09 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid | No | (R) G4, (L) G3 | No | Day 2 | PVH |
| 3 | 25 | 0.93 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid‐post, (L) ant‐mid‐post | No | (R) G4, (L) G4 | Yes | Day 2 | PVH |
| 4 | 25 | 0.90 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid | No | (R) G4, (L) G3 | Yes | Day 2 | PVH |
| 5* | 28 | 1.07 | Mod | (R) ant‐mid | No | (R) G4, (L) G3 | No | Day 3 | PVH |
| 6 | 27 | 0.81 | Mod | (L) ant‐mid | No | (R) G3, (L) G4 | No | Day 2 | PVH |
| 7 | 28 | 1.20 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid‐post, (L) ant‐mid‐post | No | (R) G4, (L) G4 | No | Day 2 | PVH |
| 8 | 27 | 0.83 | Severe | (L) ant‐mid | No | (R) G3, (L) G4 | No | Day 3 | PVH |
| 9 | 26 | 1.05 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid, (L) ant‐mid‐post | No | (R) G4, (L) G4 | Yes | Day 3 | PVH |
| 10 | 27 | 1.07 | Severe | (R) post, (L) mid‐post | No | (R) G3, (L) G3 | No | Day 2 | PVL |
| 11 | 29 | 1.09 | Mod | (R) mid‐post, (L) mid‐post | Yes | (R) G1, (L) G1 | No | Day 7 | PVL |
| 12 | 25 | 1.37 | Mod | (R) mid‐post | No | (R) G3, (L) G2 | No | Day 4 | PVL |
| 13 | 27 | 0.95 | Mod | (L) post | No | (R) G3, (L) G3 | No | Day 2 | PVL |
| 14 | 27 | 1.09 | Severe | (L) mid‐post | No | (L) G3 | No | Day 12 | PVL |
| 15 | 32 | 1.25 | Mod | (R) post, (L) post | Yes | (R) G1 | No | NA | PVL |
| 16 | 30 | 0.86 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid‐post, (L) ant‐mid‐post | Yes | None | No | Day 2 | PVL |
| 17 | 30 | 0.99 | Mod | (R) mid‐post | No | (L) G1 | No | Day 2 | PVL |
| 18 | 28 | 1.19 | Severe | (R) ant‐mid‐post, (L) ant‐mid‐post | Yes | None | No | Day 14 | PVL |
| 19 | 26 | 1.13 | Mod | (R) mid‐post, (L) mid‐post | No | (R) G2, (L) G2 | No | Day 2 | PVL |
| 20 | 25 | 1.02 | Severe | (R) mid‐post, (L) mid‐post | Yes | (R) G3, (L) G3 | No | Day 12 | PVL |
| 21 | 28 | 0.96 | Mild | (R) post, (L) post | Yes | None | No | NA | PVL |
GA, gestational age; ODA, optic disc area; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; PVH, periventricular haemorrhage; PVL, periventricular leucomalacia; NA, not able to accurately time the ischaemic insult.
*Only patient with normal sized disc but a large optic cup.
†Ant, mid, and post refer to the frontal, parietal, and occipital regions of the periventricular white matter, respectively.
The ODA values in bold type indicate the small optic discs.