ISSN Print 2500–1094
ISSN Online 2542–1204
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF PIROGOV UNIVERSITY (MOSCOW, RUSSIA)
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of congenital pneumonia
About authors
1 Kulakov Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia
2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Uliana Tumanova
ul. Akademika Oparina, d. 4, Moscow, Russia, 117997; moc.liamg@avonamut.n.u
Received: 2016-08-17
Accepted: 2016-08-23
Published online: 2017-01-05
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Fig. 1. Histological changes of lungs: (A) hypoplasia, (B) monocyte/macrophage pneumonia. Staining with hematoxylin and eosin, ×100
Fig. 2. Coronal MR-images of a dead neonate with congenital pneumonia (the experimental group): (A) T1-weighted image, (B) T2-weighted image
Fig. 3. Coronal MR-images of a dead neonate without lung pathology (the comparison group): (A) T1-weighted image, (B) T2-weighted image
Fig. 4. Coronal MR-images of a dead neonate from the comparison group with hemorrhages in both lungs in the absence of pneumonia: (A) T1-weighted image, (B) T2-weighted image
Fig. 5. Sagittal MR-images of a dead neonate from the comparison group with the intact left lung and right lung compressed by a diaphragmatic hernia
Table 2. Signal intensity and airiness index (AI) of lungs of dead neonates
