Delayed Post-Anoxic White Matter Injury in an Infant

Bert Degrieck; Julie Dutoit; Nele Herregods

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2126

Delayed Post-Anoxic White Matter Injury in an Infant

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2020 Jun 22;104(1):31. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2126.

Authors

Bert Degrieck¹, Julie Dutoit¹, Nele Herregods¹

Affiliation

¹ Ghent University Hosptial, BE.

Abstract

Teaching Point: White matter reversal on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging is indicative of delayed post-anoxic encephalopathy. This manifests sooner in young infants than in adults.

Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); child; delayed white matter injury; hypoxic brain injury; postanoxic leukoencephalopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports