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Neuroimaging findings (ultrasonography, CT, MRI) in 3 infants with congenital rubella syndrome

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Neuroimaging observations of three infants with congenital rubella syndrome are reported. We have observed congenital rubella syndrome lesions in the subependymal area, the basal ganglia and the deep white matter. Cranial ultrasonography defines subependymal cysts, calcification and possible vascular changes in the basal ganglia while MRI is the most sensitive to minor atrophic changes and white matter lesions. Although CT defines calcification, it is less sensitive than MRI to white matter changes and does not demonstrate subependymal cysts.

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  1. Y. Yamashita

    Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

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  1. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    Y. Yamashita, T. Matsuishi & Y. Murakami

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

    H. Shoji

  3. Department of Neonatology, St. Mary's Hospital, Maryland, USA

    T. Hashimoto

  4. Department of Neuroradiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Maryland, USA

    H. Utsunomiya

  5. Department of Pediatrics, Iizuka Hospital, Iizuka, Japan

    H. Araki

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Yamashita, Y., Matsuishi, T., Murakami, Y. et al. Neuroimaging findings (ultrasonography, CT, MRI) in 3 infants with congenital rubella syndrome. Pediatr Radiol 21, 547–549 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012592

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