Transfontanelle cranial ultrasound is widely used in the neonatal setting to screen for abnormalities, particularly in the neonatal and cardiac intensive care unit settings. Radiologists and sonographers are typically very familiar with the ultrasound appearance of germinal matrix hemorrhage in premature infants. However, other abnormalities can also be very well seen sonographically, but may be underappreciated and therefore underreported. Under recognition may delay appropriate therapy these infants. The purpose of this educational review is to demonstrate the sonographic findings in a variety of neonatal intracranial abnormities including ischemia, hemorrhage, as well as developmental and anatomical anomalies, and to compare them with what may be the more familiar cross sectional appearance, including CT and MRI. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2017 Annual Meeting & Categorical Course , 2017

Authors: Squires Judy, Zuccoli Giulio, Lynda Flom, Subramanian Subramanian, Panigrahy Ashok

Keywords: MRI, Ultrasound