Relationship between enlargement of the lateral ventricle and periventricular leukomalacia in infants.

Aim: To examine if we could predict periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) from the area of the lateral ventricle (LV).

Methods: Six neonates in whom cystic PVL could be detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but not by ultrasound (US) were termed the 'invisible group'. Six neonates in whom cystic PVL could be detected by MRI and US were termed the 'visible group'.

A familial case of multicystic dysplastic kidney.

A familial case of multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is described. The proband is a one-year-old boy with left MCDK, and his father was also revealed to have unilateral MCDK. The mother had two abortions; the second pregnancy was terminated because of bilateral MCDK of the fetus (Potter anomaly).