Distinguishing multicystic from focal encephalomalacia on delayed MRI in children with term hypoxic ischemic injury.
Dana AlkhulaifatShyam Sunder B VenkatakrishnaCésar Augusto Pinheiro Ferreira AlvesWondwossen LereboLuis Octavio Tierradentro-GarciaMohamed ElsingergyFikadu WoredeJelena CuricSavvas AndronikouPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2024)
Cystic encephalomalacia was seen in almost one-third of patients with term HII imaged with delayed MRI, with a similar prevalence of focal-cystic and multicystic injury. Multicystic injury was associated with caudate and globus pallidi involvement, typical of the BGT pattern of HII, whereas the focal-cystic pattern was associated with ulegyria, typical of watershed injury.