Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Barrett, Michael Joseph
• Donoghue, Veronica
• Mooney, Eoghan E
• Slevin, Marie
• Persaud, Thara
• Twomey, Eilish
• Ryan, Stephanie
• Laffan, Eoghan
• Twomey, Anne

Titel

Isolated acute non-cystic white matter injury in term infants presenting with neonatal encephalopathy

Ist Teil von

• Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition, 2013-03, Vol.98 (2), p.F158-F160

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

BMJ Journals Archiv - DFG Nationallizenzen

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We discuss possible aetiological factors, MRI evolution of injury and neuro-developmental outcomes of neonatal encephalopathy (NE). Thirty-six consecutive infants diagnosed with NE were included. In this cohort, four infants (11%) were identified with injury predominantly in the deep white matter on MRI who were significantly of younger gestation, lower birthweight with higher Apgars at one and five minutes compared to controls. Placental high grade villitis of unknown aetiology (VUA) was identified in all four of these infants. Our hypothesis states VUA may induce white matter injury by causing a local inflammatory response and/or oxidative stress during the perinatal period. We underline the importance of continued close and systematic evaluation of all cases of NE, including examination of the placenta, in order to come to a better understanding of the clinical presentation, the patterns of brain injury and the underlying pathophysiological processes.