Table 2.
Cases with cystic PWMI (age at death: postconceptional weeks + days). Abbreviation: PWMI = periventricular white matter injury
| Cases | Age at birth (pcw) | Survival time (week/day) | Sex | Macroscopic lesions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pallor | Necrosis | Cyst | ||||
| 1 | 25 | 0 d | Female | + | − | ++Calcifications |
| 2 | 24 + 4 | 5 d | Male | + | ++ | ++ |
| 3 | 26 | 4 d | Male | − | + | ++ |
| 4 | 27 | 0 d | Male | + | + | ++Calcifications |
| 5 | 28 | 4 d | Male | + | + | + |
| 6 | 27 | 1 w + 3 d | Female | + | − | +Calcifications |
| 7 | 27 | 4 w + 1 d | Male | + | + | +Calcifications |
Pallor: −, absent; +, present.
Necrosis: −, absent; +, microscopic necrosis; ++, macroscopic necrosis visible by naked eyes on the histologic sections.
Macroscopic cyst: +, small cyst; ++, large cysts.