Legend Axial T2 weighted images show a small hypointense focus adjacent the left lateral ventricle and a focus within the occipital horn of the left lateral ventricle. The lack of brain maturation is consistent with the gestational age of the infant.

Legend T1 weighted images following contrast administration, left and top center, show no abnormal enhancement to suggest herpes encephalitis. On the GRE image, right, there is blooming in the left periventricular region consistent with blood products from a germinal matrix hemorrhage. Key words: mri congenital developmental

Brain Diagnosis: Grade 2 germinal matrix hemorrhage