[Why perform routine brain sonography in late preterm infants?]

Harefuah. 2014 Jun;153(6):325-6, 368, 367.
[Article in Hebrew]

Abstract

We present a case of a late preterm baby with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), prolonged jaundice and congenital hypothyroidism. The infant developed late lenticulostriate vasculopathy (LSV). LSV was previously described in association with various neurodevelopmental abnormalities and in this case would have been missed by the current US brain screening recommendations for newborns.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease* / diagnosis
  • Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease* / etiology
  • Brain / growth & development
  • Congenital Hypothyroidism / complications*
  • Delayed Diagnosis / prevention & control
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Echoencephalography / methods
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Jaundice, Neonatal / complications*
  • Male
  • Neonatal Screening / methods
  • Neonatal Screening / standards
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / complications*