Table 1.

Patients' clinical status, diagnostic procedures, treatment and clinical outcomes

Patient 1
Clinical status	premature birth, grade II periventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity stage II
Gestational age at birth	25 weeks and 2 days
Apgar score	5/7/8
Birth weight	740 g
Treatment	non-invasive mechanical ventilation for 57 days, 14 days of high-flow nasal cannula, i.v. parenteral nutrition for the first 18 days, enteral intake of breast milk from the third day
First magnetic resonance (MR) exam	term-equivalent age
Second MR exam:	2 years
Clinical outcome	at a corrected age of 24 months, psychomotor development was in the broader range of normal (average for gross motor tasks, lower average for fine motor skills, cognition, and speech)
Patient 2
Clinical status	premature birth, respiratory distress syndrome, sepsis development
Gestational age at birth	28 weeks and 6 days
Apgar score	6/8
Birth weight	950 g
Treatment	invasive mechanical ventilation for 2 days, non-invasive mechanical ventilation for 26 days, high-flow nasal cannula for 4 days, antibiotic therapy (ampicillin + gentamycin for 10 days)
MR exam	at term-equivalent age
Clinical outcome	discharged at a corrected age of 38 weeks and 6 days with a normal clinical status
Patient 3
Clinical status	poor concentration, headache, forgetfulness, balance disorder, tinnitus, and double vision lasting seven months. occasional urinary incontinence for many years
Age	56 years
MR exam	56 years
Treatment	endoscopic ventriculostomy two months after MR imaging
Clinical outcome	all the symptoms regressed except tinnitus