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Teaching Case: Neonatal Hypoglycemic Brain Injury on MRI

Eurorad (ESR teaching cases)Jul 6

Eurorad case highlights classic MRI findings: symmetric diffusion restriction and T2 hyperintensity in parieto-occipital cortex and white matter in neonates with hypoglycemic brain insult.

  • Educational case from ESR's Eurorad, no patient-specific data or statistics reported.
  • Key imaging features include bilateral occipital and parietal lobe involvement, often sparing the thalamus.
  • Single instructive case; pattern recognition may aid radiologists but is not externally validated.

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