Multicystic encephalomalacia in liveborn twin with a stillborn macerated co-twin.

Abstract

Computed tomography showed multiple cystic lesions in the brains of three infants with cerebral palsy. Each patient was the product of a twin pregnancy with a stillborn, macerated co-twin. In two patients angiography was performed and suggested that the cystic lesions were multicystic encephalomalacia due to perinatal arterial occlusion.

• Authors: H Yoshioka, Y Kadomoto, M Mino, Y Morikawa, Y Kasubuchi, T Kusunoki
• Journal: The Journal of pediatrics (J Pediatr) Vol. 95 Issue 5 Pt 1 Pg. 798-800 (Nov 1979) ISSN: 0022-3476 [Print] United States
• PMID: 490251 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arterial Occlusive Diseases (diagnostic imaging)
• Brain (diagnostic imaging)
• Cerebral Angiography
• Cerebral Arterial Diseases (diagnostic imaging)
• Cerebral Palsy (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Encephalomalacia (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Female
• Fetal Death (complications)
• Humans
• Infant
• Male
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy, Multiple
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Twins