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Increased periventricular echodensities in preterm infants appear usually to be transient, but occasionally evolve into cystic periventricular leukomalacia. The purpose of this investigation was to find out whether the detection of increased echodensities improved the prognostic significance of abnormalities detected in the brain of very preterm infants by ultrasound scanning. In 1983, the brains of 122 infants born at less than 33 weeks of gestation who were admitted to the Neonatal Unit of University College Hospital were repeatedly scanned. Classification of the results was as previously described (1), but in addition the absence (n=103) or presence (n=19) and degree (+ or ++) of increased periventricular echodensities was noted. Neurodevelopmental assessments (1) were performed on all the infants at 1 year of age. The table shows the prevalence of neurodevelopmental abnormalities (including both major and minor abnormalities) at follow-up.
The results provided no evidence that the presence of increased periventricular echodensities aided the assignment of prognosis.
1. Stewart AL et al. Arch Dis Child 1983; 58: 598-604.
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Stewart, A., Hope, P., Hamilton, P. et al. INCREASED PERIVENTRICULAR ECHCDENSITIES IN VERY PRETERM INFANTS AND PREDICTION OF EARLY NEURCDEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME. Pediatr Res 19, 1084 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198510000-00096
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198510000-00096