Sequelae of Premature Birth in Young Adults : Incidental Findings on Routine Brain MRI.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Qualitative studies about the abnormalities appreciated on routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences in prematurely born adults are lacking. This article aimed at filling this knowledge gap by (1) qualitatively describing routine imaging findings in prematurely born adults, (2) evaluating measures for routine image interpretation and (3) investigating the impact of perinatal variables related to premature birth.

Methods

In this study two board-certified radiologists assessed T1-weighted and FLAIR-weighted images of 100 prematurely born adults born very preterm (VP <32 weeks) and/or at very low birth weight (VLBW <1500 g) and 106 controls born at full term (FT) (mean age 26.8 ± 0.7 years). The number of white matter lesions (WML) was counted ac

SUBMITTER: Hedderich DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211575 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature