Cranial ultrasound findings in preterm germinal matrix haemorrhage, sequelae and outcome

Alessandro Parodi1, Paul Govaert2,3,4, Sandra Horsch5

  • 1IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, DINOGMI Department University of Genoa, Via Gaslini 5, 16148, Genoa, Italy.

Pediatric Research
|March 29, 2020
PubMed

Germinal matrix-intraventricular haemorrhage (GMH-IVH), periventricular haemorrhagic infarction (PHI) and its complication, post-haemorrhagic ventricular dilatation (PHVD), are still common neonatal morbidities in preterm infants that are highly associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcome. Typical cranial ultrasound (CUS) findings of GMH-IVH, PHI and PHVD, their anatomical substrates and underlying mechanisms are discussed in this paper. Furthermore, we propose a detailed descriptive classification of GMH-IVH and PHI that may improve quality of CUS reporting and prediction of outcome in infants suffering from GMH-IVH/PHI.