multicystic encephalomalacia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Multicystic encephalomalacia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Multicystic encephalomalacia post hypoxia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Subdural
hemorrhage • Encephalomalacia, craniosynostosis and subdural hematoma - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Cystic encephalomalacia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Multicystic encephalomalacia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Multicystic encephalomalacia - infant - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic
encephalomalacia • Multicystic encephalomalacia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia
Multicystic encephalomalacia corresponds to a variant of encephalomalacia commonly seen in neonates in which numerous loculated lacy pseudocysts within the white matter and cortex are present as a result of an extensive brain insult.
Pathology
It is a common feature observed in the neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in a term neonate, including as a sequela of severe postnatal non-accidental head injury .
Radiographic features
Multicystic encephalomalacia can be appreciated on both CT and MRI. Classic features generally include:
- multiple cysts of varying size and shape located bilaterally within the cerebral white matter and inner layers of the cortex
- relative sparing infratentorially, including of the cerebellum and spinal cord, except from Wallerian degeneration of the corticospinal tracts
- relative sparing of some supratentorial structures including the basal ganglia, inferior temporal lobes, and orbital surfaces of the frontal lobes
- ex vacuo dilatation of the lateral ventricles with intact ventricular walls
In cases secondary to severe postnatal non-accidental head injury, there may be evidence of chronic subdural hemorrhage, among other traumatic injuries.
See also
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