Imad R. Makhoul|Michalle Soudack|Israel Goldstein|Tatiana Smolkin|Ada Tamir|Polo Sujov
Sonographic Biometry of the Frontal Lobe in Normal and Growth-Restricted Neonates
Meyer Children's Hospital|Haifa Medical Center|Meyer Children's Hospital|Technion – Israel Institute of Technology|Meyer Children's Hospital
assessing impact restricted intrauterine growth neonatal frontal lobe fl dimensions important aimed create sonographic nomogram fl dimensions neonates different gestational ages ga evaluate impact small head circumference hc fl dimensions conducted sonographic biometry fl birth included 218 newborn infants born ga 2443 wk appropriate ga normal hc n 178 small ga small hc n 23 infants 5min apgar score 7 severe congenital malformations chromosomal abnormalities excluded coronal ultrasound scan via anterior fontanelle level lateral point left sylvian fissure best demonstrated drew triangle connecting lateral point sylvian fissure corpus callosum subcalvarian point interhemispheric fissure measured three sides triangle sylvianfontanellar distance sylviancallosal distance fontanellarcallosal distance calculated frontal triangular area four fl dimensions increased significantly 24 43 wk gestation appropriate ganormal hc small gasmall hc neonates strongly correlated hc birth weight regression lines ga sylvianfontanellar distance sylviancallosal distance fontanellarcallosal distance frontal triangular area appropriate ganormal hc group differed significantly small gasmall hc group p 005 male neonates significantly larger sylvianfontanellar sylviancallosal distances females p 001 p 0015 respectively conclusion fl measures increased significantly 24 43 wk gestation strongly correlated hc speculate sonographically small fetal hc implies growth restriction fetal fl