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ArticleAnnals of African medicine2026

Multicystic Encephalomalacia in Early Infancy: A Neuroimaging Case Report.

Sanket Vinubhai Davra, Ratnapriya Srivastava, Reva Gupta

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Article in Annals of African medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sanket Vinubhai DavraDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Maharashtra, India.
Ratnapriya SrivastavaDepartment of Ophthalmology, D. Y. Patil School of Medicine, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Reva GuptaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Maharashtra, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

abstractMulticystic encephalomalacia (MCE) is an uncommon but severe consequence of perinatal hypoxic-ischemic injury in neonates. We report a 1.5-month-old male infant presenting with fever and focal seizures, with a prior history of birth asphyxia and prolonged neonatal intensive care unit stay. Neurosonography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive bilateral cortical and subcortical cystic changes with cerebral atrophy consistent with MCE. This case highlights the importance of early neuroimaging to identify characteristic patterns of extensive cystic degeneration, enabling timely prognostication, seizure management and counseling of caregivers regarding long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.

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Asphyxia NeonatorumBrainEncephalomalaciaHypoxia-Ischemia, BrainHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleNeuroimagingSeizuresasphyxie périnataleAtrophie cérébraleCerebral atrophyconvulsionsencéphalopathie hypoxique-ischémiquehypoxic–ischemic encephalopathyhypoxie néonataleneonatal hypoxiaperinatal asphyxiaseizures

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PMID41587890
PMCPMC13541314

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