LOBAR HEMORRHAGES IN FULL-TERM NEONATES

A chart analysis for a 5-year period through December 1992 identified four full-term neonates with lobar hemorrhage. Prenatal and obstetrica l histories were uncomplicated; all infants presented with seizures wi thin 48 h following birth. Perinatal asphyxia and isoimmune thrombocyt openia were associated with lobar hemorrhage in two children. Although computed tomography was sufficient for diagnosis, magnetic resonance evaluation provided assessment of specific cortical injury and the age of the hemorrhage. No infant underwent surgical intervention; three c hildren reached developmental milestones at a mean follow-up of 3.3 ye ars.