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83 babies were followed up by repeated ultrasound stu dies. 75 were newborns: 34(1st group) weighed <1500 g(BW 1213+235, GA 31+2.7), 41(2nd group) weighed >1500g (BW 2406+735, GA 36+3.4); this 2nd group was studied because of RDS (7), sepsis-meningitis (4), post-asphyxial syndrome (7), myelomeningocele (1), abnormal neurologic patterns (22). 8(3rd group) were infants studied at the age of 1 to 14 months because of previous neonatal intra cerebral hemorrhages (2), meningitis (2), rupture of intracerebral aneurysma (1), macrocephaly (2), myelomeningocele (1). In the 1st group 17 (50%) prematures had major SE-IV hemorrhages. 8(23.5%) had ventricular dilatation (VD), 1(2.94%) cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, 1 (2.94%) periventricular leukomalacia. 12 (35.3%) of them died. In the 2nd group 9(21.9%) had major SE-IV hemorrhages. 1 had VD, 4(9.75%) cerebral edema, 1 ventriculitis, 1 deviation of the brain axis, 1 periventricular leukomalacia. 3(7.3%) of them died. In the 3rd group 1 had deviation of the brain axis due to hemiatrophy, 1 VD due to bilateral atrophy, 1 VD associated with myelomeningocele, 1 VD with porencephaly post aneurysmatic rupture. 1 post-meningitis ventricular sepimentation, 1 congenital porencephaly, 1 post-tuberculous meningitis VD, 1 Dandy-Walcker syndrome with agenesis of the corpus callosum. The ECHO-Diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan. None of them died. 9(12%) of the 75 newboms had ventricular dilatation.Ultrasounds are very useful not only for the diagnosis and the follow-up of intracerebral hemorrhages and hydrocephalus in newborns, but they also allow to make other specific diagnosis in newborns and infants.
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Saia, O., Zorzi, C., Sambugaro, D. et al. BRAIN ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN NEWBORNS AND INFANTS. Pediatr Res 18, 800 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198408000-00054
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