chronic hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Hypoxic/anoxic injury-chronic

 

nVariable patterns depending on age and type/duration of insult

nPVL in premature infants
nWatershed infarcts in term infants, children, adults
nSymmetric bilateral basal ganglia, thalami, caudate often seen in young adults and teens. Other types of global insults can appear similar- toxic, metabolic, carbon monoxide

 

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