Dandy-Walker malformation, an uncommon brain abnormality that may be seen in isolation or in association with other congenital abnormalities of brain development, is characterized by an enlarged posterior fossa, agenesis or hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis, and cystic dilatation of the fourth ventricle. In this case of a term infant with multiple congenital abnormalities, the superior most aspect of the... Continue Reading →
Acute Traumatic Brain Injury – Hemorrhagic Infarction
Acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result in a variety of hemorrhagic cerebral insults leading to brain death. This photograph depicting a brain of a person involved in a motor vehicle accident, shows a large hemorrhage in the left temporal-occipital region that 1. involves the brain tissue proper (i.e. intraparenchymal hemorrhage), 2. extends beneath the arachnoid layer of... Continue Reading →
Video: Bacterial ventriculitis in prematurity.
https://youtu.be/qi41D2AgzCg Learn about bacterial infections in the ventricle of a fetus.
