Hypocarbia as a pathogenic factor in pontosubicular necrosis
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K Hashimoto1, Y Takeuchi, S Takashima
1Division of Neonatology, Matsudo City Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Brain & Development
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
In neonates pontosubicular necrosis (PSN) is one of the patterns of acute brain injury, the sites of maximum damage being the basis pontis and the subiculum of the hippocampus. A retrospective clinical and pathological study was performed on 16 preterm and 2 term neonates with PSN and compared with 16 age-matched controls. The results indicated that hypocarbia of less than 20 mmHg was one of the important factors in the pathogenesis of PSN.