Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging findings in the early stages of neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury.

Abstract

Neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury was most common in the occipital lobes. Severe clinical symptoms were significantly associated with extensive brain injury involving the internal capsule, basal ganglia, and thalamus, which could be attributed to hypoxia-ischemia and lead to a poor prognosis. •There is no clear neurological safe threshold for hypoglycemia in neonates. Studies suggest that symptomatic hypoglycemia can be related tobrain injury. •Severe clinical symptoms are significantly associated with extensive brain injury on MRI scans. Extensive brain injuries involving the internal capsule, basal ganglia, and thalamus, which could be due to associated hypoxia-ischemia and lead to a poor prognosis.