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. 2004 Jun;25(6):1008–1015.

TABLE 1:

Neonatal and late imaging findings for children who had neonatal thalamic edema with cortical sparing

Patient No. Follow-up Age in Months (CT/MR Imaging) Indications Given for Follow-up Imaging Neonatal CT: Cerebellar Vermis Neonatal CT: Cerebellar Hemispheres Follow-up Imaging: Cerebellar Vermis Follow-up Imaging: Cerebellar Hemispheres Follow-up Basal Ganglia* Follow-up Cerebral Cortex Follow-up Cerebral White Matter
1 NA/19 Perinatal asphyxia Normal ?Edema Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Hippocampi, ?Rolandic Rolandic
2 5/5 Infantile spasms ?Edema Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms ?Rolandic Rolandic
3 10/19 Spastic quadriplegia, seizures Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Normal Periventricular
4 NA/24 Neonatal HIE, cerebral palsy Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami Normal Normal
5 5/8 Developmental delay, spastic quadriplegia Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Normal Periventricular, Rolandic
6 NA/12 Cerebral palsy ?Edema Normal Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Rolandic, ?hippocampi Periventricular, Rolandic
7 NA/15 HIE follow-up Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Rolandic, ?hippocampi Periventricular, Rolandic
8 4/NA Asphyxia follow-up Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami Global Global
9 6/NA NA Normal Edema Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Normal Periventricular
10 24/NA Developmental delay, cerebral palsy Normal Edema Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami Normal Normal
11 21/36 Choreoathetosis Normal Normal Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Normal Periventricular
12 NA/27 NA Normal Normal Normal Normal Thalami Rolandic Rolandic

Note.—NA indicates not applicable because procedure not performed; ?, equivocal; HIE, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; Global, generalized abnormality. Note that anatomic sites as listed under Follow-up Imaging had one or more of the following: atrophy, abnormal MR imaging signal, or abnormal CT attenuation.

*

Caudate nuclei were not separately assessed.