Cranial CT scan and sonographic finding in term and preterm newborn Taj-Aldean Kassim Amir Hadi1, Aljawdhari Adnan Handhil2, Khudhur Ahmed Sabah Abdul3,* 1Assistant Professor, Radiology Consultant, Surgery Department, College of Medicine 2Assistant Professor, Pediatrics Consultant, Pediatrics Department, College of Medicine 3Resident Physician, Surgery Department, College of Medicine, University of Babylon, Hilla, Republic of Iraq *Corresponding author: Ahmed Sabah Abdul Khudhur Email. ahmedsabah.78@yahoo.com jabirbhn3@gmail.com
Online published on 1 November, 2018. Abstract Objective To assess the CT scan and sonographic findings in term and preterm newborns Method A total of 52 neonates who were referred to radiology department and those admitted to neonatal intensive care unit, Findings Ultrasound revealed equal number of newborns with normal and abnormal findings, 26 for each, while the brain CT revealed abnormal findings in 31 represented almost (60%) of newborns, the overall agreement between ultrasound and CT was good (percent agreement = 82.7%, Kappa = 0.654). in detection of Asphyxia, the was very good, (percent agreement =90.4%, Kappa = 0.81), for intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), moderate in intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and good in germinal matrix hemorrhages (GMH). However, the agreement between ultrasound and brain CT in total number of detected lesions among the studied group was good, (percent agreement = 86.5%, kappa was 0.802). Conclusions: Cranial CT scan and ultrasonography are good modalities in detection of brain abnormalities in term and preterm neonates and there was a good agreement between the two modalities brain abnormalities for either the number of lesions, or the specific pathology. Top Keywords Term neonates, preterm neonates, Cranial CT scanning, Cranial ultrasonography, intraventricular hemorrhage, intracranial hemorrhage. Top |