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State of the Art Cranial Ultrasound Imaging in Neonates
Published on: February 2, 2015
Demonstration of fourth ventricular choroid plexus on neonatal cranial ultrasonography
Rita L Teele1, George A Taylor
1Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. teele@mac.com
Pediatric Radiology
|March 20, 2012
Abstract:
The choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle can be identified on neonatal cranial US via the mastoid fontanelle, particularly when transducers of high frequency are used. Its presence as a normal, echogenic structure might not be appreciated by all sonographers. It should not be mistaken for vermian hemorrhage or clotted blood within the fourth ventricle or cisterna magna.

