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Periventricular leukomalacia

Alternative Names: PVL; Brain injury - infants Signs and tests: If your baby is considered at risk, an ultrasound study of your infant’s brain is the most common test used to screen for PVL. However, PVL can be missed on head ultrasound. An MRI scan is the most sensitive radiology test or the diagnosis of PVL. However, the presence or absence of abnormal findings on either a head ultrasound or MRI does not always predict that your baby will or won’t have neurodevelopmental problems.

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