Periventricular band of increased echogenicity: edema or calcification?

A Daneman; E Lobo; M Mosskin

doi:10.1007/s002470050298

Periventricular band of increased echogenicity: edema or calcification?

Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Feb;28(2):83-5. doi: 10.1007/s002470050298.

Authors

A Daneman¹, E Lobo, M Mosskin

Affiliation

¹ Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.

PMID: 9472049
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050298

Abstract

This paper illustrates the cases of two infants with an identical appearance of a periventricular band (PVB) of increased echogenicity on cranial sonography, shown on CT to be due to edema in one and calcification in the other. Such a PVB due to edema has not been reported previously, and its similarity to calcification on sonography is emphasized.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Edema / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Edema / etiology
Brain Edema / pathology
Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging*
Calcinosis / etiology
Calcinosis / pathology
Cerebral Ventricles / diagnostic imaging*
Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications
Cytomegalovirus Infections / pathology
Female
Humans
Hydrocephalus / complications
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Microcephaly / complications
Microcephaly / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography