Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)

Case contributed by Jenny Hoang
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Term newborn with Apgars of 2 up to 15 mins and meconium aspiration.

Patient Data

Age: Newborn
Gender: Female

Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.

Hypoxic-ischemic injury to gray matter (thalami and lentiform nuclei) demonstrates characteristic T1 hyperintensity and T2 hypointensity.

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