TABLE 1:

Neonatal and late imaging findings for children who had neonatal thalamic edema with cortical sparing

Patient No.Follow-up Age in Months (CT/MR Imaging)Indications Given for Follow-up ImagingNeonatal CT: Cerebellar VermisNeonatal CT: Cerebellar HemispheresFollow-up Imaging: Cerebellar VermisFollow-up Imaging: Cerebellar HemispheresFollow-up Basal Ganglia*Follow-up Cerebral CortexFollow-up Cerebral White Matter
1NA/19Perinatal asphyxiaNormal?EdemaSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalami, lentiformsHippocampi, ?RolandicRolandic
25/5Infantile spasms?EdemaNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalami, lentiforms?RolandicRolandic
310/19Spastic quadriplegia, seizuresNormalNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalami, lentiformsNormalPeriventricular
4NA/24Neonatal HIE, cerebral palsyNormalNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalamiNormalNormal
55/8Developmental delay, spastic quadriplegiaNormalNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalami, lentiformsNormalPeriventricular, Rolandic
6NA/12Cerebral palsy?EdemaNormalNormalNormalThalami, lentiformsRolandic, ?hippocampiPeriventricular, Rolandic
7NA/15HIE follow-upNormalNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalami, lentiformsRolandic, ?hippocampiPeriventricular, Rolandic
84/NAAsphyxia follow-upNormalNormalSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalamiGlobalGlobal
96/NANANormalEdemaNormalNormalThalami, lentiformsNormalPeriventricular
1024/NADevelopmental delay, cerebral palsyNormalEdemaSuperior vermis atrophyNormalThalamiNormalNormal
1121/36ChoreoathetosisNormalNormalNormalNormalThalami, lentiformsNormalPeriventricular
12NA/27NANormalNormalNormalNormalThalamiRolandicRolandic
  • Note.—NA indicates not applicable because procedure not performed; ?, equivocal; HIE, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; Global, generalized abnormality. Note that anatomic sites as listed under Follow-up Imaging had one or more of the following: atrophy, abnormal MR imaging signal, or abnormal CT attenuation.

  • * Caudate nuclei were not separately assessed.