The importance of transfontanelle ultrasound scans in the diagnosis of hydrocephalus

Objective: Evaluation of the trans-fontanelle ultrasound scans performance as a diagnosis and monitoring tool of the evolution of hydrocephalus in newborns and young babies. Method and material: To demonstrate the importance of this imagistic method, a study has been developed on 62 patients clinically suspected of hydrocephaly which have been examined during June 2007– January 2008at the Radiology and Imagistic Service of the St. Mary Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Iasi. For all the patients we have used an Esaote Megas GPX ultrasound, trans-fontanelle scans were performed with a convex echo sounder o…