BACKGROUND Hypocarbia and hyperoxia are risk factors for periventricular leukomalacia in low birth weight infants. The association of a cumulative index of exposure to hypocarbia and hyperoxia and periventricular leukomalacia has not been evaluated. OBJECTIVE Our goal was to examine the relationship between cumulative index of exposure to hypocarbia and hyperoxia and periventricular leukomala...

Children with cerebral palsy associated with periventricular leukomalacia frequently develop unprovoked epileptic seizures. This article reports an analysis of risk factors for epilepsy in children with radiologically confirmed periventricular leukomalacia. This cohort was screened for epilepsy and for an array of clinical and demographic factors. Of 154 subjects with radiologically confirmed p...

Periventricular leukomalacia is a disorder of white matter injury that is frequently found in premature infants and is the major cause of cerebral palsy. However, only a few cases of periventricular leukomalacia have been reported prenatally. Ultrasound investigation of the periventricular region could provide clues for the prenatal diagnosis and prediction of cerebral palsy. Herein, we report ...

Periventricular leukomalacia and germinal matrix hemorrhages are major causes of neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the premature neonate. Although sonography is widely used to detect these abnormalities and is thought to be sensitive for hemorrhages and the later cystic stages of periventricular leukomalacia, its sensitivity for the more acute phase of periventricular leukomalacia remains to ...

conclusions the high light finding of our study was the higher frequency of seizure in infants without pvl. these findings can be explained by the inclusion criteria of our study. results totally 45 infants were studied. about 55.6% were male and 44.6% female. the mean of pregnancy duration was 32.72 - 2.78 weeks. seizure frequency was 42.2%. the pvl grading was: 28.9% mild, 20% moderate and 4....

Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and classical periventricular leukomalacia complex are considered the two most common forms of perinatal anoxic-ischemic brain injury. However, recently, a third entity, the periventricular leukomalacia complex (PLC) was described and was seen in 31 percent of 61 premature infants coming to autopsy from the University of Connecticut Neonatal Intensive Care Unit...

PURPOSE Pineal cysts are common incidental findings during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations. The etiology of pineal cyst development is still unclear. We aimed to determine whether there is an association between periventricular leukomalacia and pineal cyst prevalence. METHODS Clinical and MRI data of 201 patients with periventricular leukomalacia (110 female, 91 male; mean age, ...