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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue 10, Pages 1494-1499Publisher
AMER SOC NEURORADIOLOGY
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A7642
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- American Epilepsy Society
- Stanford MedScholars Fellowship
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The distribution of intracranial hemorrhage in term and late-preterm neonates is explored in this study. The most common types of hemorrhage are intraventricular and subdural. Additionally, a high prevalence of venous congestion or thromboses is reported in neonatal intracranial hemorrhage.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Distribution of intracranial hemorrhage in term and late-preterm neonates is relatively unexplored. This descriptive study examines the MR imaging?detectable spectrum of intracranial hemorrhage in this population and potential risk factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Prevalence and distribution of intracranial hemorrhage in consecutive term/late-preterm neonates who underwent brain MR imaging between January 2011 to August 2018 were assessed. MRIs were analyzed to determine intracranial hemorrhage distribution (intraventricular, subarachnoid, subdural, intraparenchymal, and subpial/leptomeningeal), and chart review was performed for potential clinical risk factors. RESULTS: Of 725 term/late-preterm neonates who underwent brain MR imaging, intracranial hemorrhage occurred in 63 (9%). Fifty-two (83%) had multicompartment intracranial hemorrhage. Intraventricular and subdural were the most common hemorrhage locations, found in 41 (65%) and 39 (62%) neonates, respectively. Intraparenchymal hemorrhage occurred in 33 (52%); subpial, in 19 (30%); subarachnoid, in 12 (19%); and epidural, in 2 (3%) neonates. Twenty infants (32%) were delivered via cesarean delivery, and 5 (8%), via instrumented delivery. Cortical vein thromboses were present in 34 (54%); periventricular or medullary vein thromboses, in 37 (59%); and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, in 5 (8%). Thirty-seven (59%) had elevated markers of coagulopathy (international normalized ratio?> 1.2, fibrinogen level < 234), 9 (14%) had a clinically meaningful elevation in the international normalized ratio (> 1.4), and 3 (5%) had a clinically meaningful decrease in the fibrinogen level (< 150). Three (5%) neonates had thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 100 x 10(3)/mu L). CONCLUSIONS: While relatively infrequent, there was a wide distribution of intracranial hemorrhage in term and late-preterm infants; intraventricular and subdural hemorrhages were the most common types. We report a high prevalence of venous congestion or thromboses accompanying neonatal intracranial hemorrhage.
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