Brainstem Injury from Perinatal Asphyxia

Abstract

The clinical, radiological and neuropathological features of selective hypoxic-ischemic injury of the brainstem with relative sparing of cortex and subcortical white matter in an asphyxiated term infant are described in a case reported from the Division of Neurology and Depts of Pediatrics, Pathology and Radiology, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

Keywords

• neuropathological features
• subcortical white matter
• brainstem dysfunction