Role of cerebral ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Purpose: To assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) in comparison with that of cerebral ultrasound (cUS) in predicting neurodevelopmental outcome in newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.

Methods: Forty CMV-congenitally infected newborns underwent cUS and cMRI within the first month of life. Clinical course, laboratory findings, visual/hearing function and neurodevelopmental outcome were documented.

A special case of lower back pain in a 3-year-old girl.

We describe the case of a 3-year-old girl with a 15-day clinical history of lower back pain. We diagnosed a spondylodiscitis of vertebral bodies L5-S1 caused by Salmonella species group B that totally recovered with appropriate antibiotic therapy. Spondylodiscitis in children is a rare condition and Salmonella infection is one of the rarest aetiology.

A common case of gastroenteritis in a child followed by an axial torsion of Meckel diverticulum: a rare and unusual complication.

A 1-year-old boy presented at our hospital with common gastroenteritis symptoms such as fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. Clinical and laboratory findings were normal. An emergency ultrasound examination was performed and excluded abdominal complications.

Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings in ophthalmoplegic migraine.

A patient with ophthalmoplegic migraine is described, and his computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings are discussed. According to our results, triad migraine, third nerve palsy, and focal enhancement of an enlarged third cranial nerve at the root exit zone should be considered pathognomonic of the disease, and further examinations should be avoided. Pathogenetic theories of the disease are discussed, and we suggest a new pathogenetic theory.

A combined a-EEG and MR spectroscopy study in term newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Objectives: Brain damage following a perinatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insult has been documented by different diagnostic techniques. The aim of the present study was to relate a-EEG time course during the first 24h of life to brain metabolic changes detected by proton MR spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) at 7-10days of life and to evaluate their correlation with outcome.

Methods: Thirty-two patients with any grade HI encephalopathy were studied.

Transient bowel ischaemia of the fetus.

Objective: To discover the different underlying conditions in 2 fetuses suffering from temporary bowel ischaemia.

Methods: Abnormal bowel findings were detected using antenatal sonography.

Results: The abnormal bowel findings disappeared postnatally.

Prenatal imaging of facial clefts by magnetic resonance imaging with emphasis on the posterior palate.

Objective: To evaluate the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the prenatal diagnosis of facial clefts.

Materials And Methods: Six fetuses with a sonographic diagnosis of cleft lip and palate underwent MRI at a median age of 30 weeks (range 28-32). The defect was bilateral in two cases.