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Subcortical bruising in the preterm infant
  1. Sriya Roychaudhuri1,
  2. Carol Benson2,3,
  3. Mohamed El-Dib1,3
  1. 1 Department of Pediatric and Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  2. 2 Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  3. 3 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sriya Roychaudhuri, Department of Pediatric and Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; dr.sriyarc{at}gmail.com

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A cranial ultrasound (CUS) was performed on day 2 of a 27-week, 3-day gestational age newborn, with no external clinical signs or history of trauma during delivery nor concerns of significant thrombocytopenia or coagulopathy, prompted by acute drop in haematocrit (from 17.5 to 11.4 g/dL). Perinatal history was significant for in vitro fertilisation pregnancy, cervical cerclage, pregestational diabetes mellitus, gestational hypertension and premature prolonged membrane rupture, followed by a course of betamethasone and …

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  • Contributors SR is the preliminary author of the article. Relevance and impact has been assessed by special radiology input from experts, CB and ME-D with edits to the initial writing.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.