Neurodevelopmental outcome of transient neonatal intracerebral echodensities

Abstract

The later neurodevelopmental progress of 15 babies who had neonatal periventricular echodensities or flares in the absence of any intraventricular bleeding or subsequent cystic degeneration was studied. At foliow up four infants had neurological abnormalities, including spastic diplegia (n=2). These findings suggest that transient flares may representmild periventricular leucomalacia with consequent mild neurological dysfunction.