Pericentric inversion of chromosome 2 and echogenic vasculature in the basal ganglia: a new finding?
Marco Pezzati1, Maria Luisa Uzielli Giovannucci, Luca Filippi
1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Section of Neonatology, University of Firenze, Careggi University Hospital, Viale Morgagni, 85-50134 Firenze, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
|March 10, 2005
Abstract:
Linear branching echogenicities in the thalamus or basal ganglia have been reported in infants with several genetic and nongenetic disorders. In this article, we report 2 cases of newborns with a neurosonographic diagnosis of thalamic/basal ganglia vasculopathy and karyotype analysis showing pericentric inversion of chromosome 2. To our knowledge, there has been no previous mention of an association between these entities.
