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. 2004 Jun;25(6):1008–1015.

TABLE 2:

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

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
13 NA/7 Severe HIE, seizures Normal ?Edema Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Rolandic Global
14 NA/7 Neonatal HIE, infantile spasms Normal ?Edema Normal Normal Lentiforms, ?thalami Global Global
15 13/NA Seizures Normal ?Edema Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Global Global
16 13/NA NA Normal Edema Normal Normal Thalami Global asymmetric Global asymmetric
17 5/NA Birth asphyxia Normal Normal Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Global Global
18 107/NA Follow-up neonatal IVH and infarction ?Edema Edema Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms asymmetric Global Global
19 4/NA Follow-up HIE, developmental delay Normal ?Edema Superior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, ?lentiforms Normal Global
20 13/NA NA Normal Normal Normal Normal Thalami, ?lentiforms Rolandic Global
21 15/NA Seizures, microcephaly, spastic cerebral palsy Normal ?Edema Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Global Global
22 80/NA Developmental delay, seizures Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy ?Atrophy Asymmetric thalami, lentiforms Asymmetric Lt global, Rt Rolandic Asymmetric Lt global
23 5/NA NA Normal ?Edema Normal Normal Asymmetric lentiforms, thalami Asymmetric global Asymmetric global
24 NA/49 Follow-up HIE Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Posterior Posterior
25 5/NA Follow-up HIE Normal Normal Normal Normal Thalami, lentiforms Asymmetric global Asymmetric global
26 NA/25 Follow-up neonatal HIE seizures Normal Normal Superior vermis atrophy, ?inferior vermis atrophy Normal Thalami, lentiforms Rolandic Global

Note.—NA indicates not applicable because procedure not performed; HIE, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; ?, equivocal; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; 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.