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{{Main|Neuropathology}}
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*Abbreviated ''HIE''.
*Abbreviated ''HIE''.
===General===
*Autopsy adds some information.
*Autopsy adds some information.
*Two-tone liver - suggests prior injury.<ref name=pmid15957995>{{cite journal |author=Elder DE, Zuccollo JM, Stanley TV |title=Neonatal death after hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: does a postmortem add to the final diagnoses? |journal=BJOG |volume=112 |issue=7 |pages=935–40 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=15957995 |doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00608.x |url=}}</ref>
*Two-tone liver - suggests prior injury.<ref name=pmid15957995>{{cite journal |author=Elder DE, Zuccollo JM, Stanley TV |title=Neonatal death after hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: does a postmortem add to the final diagnoses? |journal=BJOG |volume=112 |issue=7 |pages=935–40 |year=2005 |month=July |pmid=15957995 |doi=10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00608.x |url=}}</ref>
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**Some hypoxic injuries that are prenatal do not occur after birth.
**Some hypoxic injuries that are prenatal do not occur after birth.
***''Pontosubicular necrosis'' is prenatal; the subiculum postnatal (like in adults) is resistant to hypoxic-ischemic insults.
***''Pontosubicular necrosis'' is prenatal; the subiculum postnatal (like in adults) is resistant to hypoxic-ischemic insults.
**Hypoxic-ischemic insults are predominantly in the white matter.
**Hypoxic-ischemic insults are predominantly in the white matter. (???)
*HIE is the most common cause of neonatal seizures and often difficult to control with anticonvulsants.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973501-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973501-overview]. Accessed on: 7 January 2011.</ref>
*HIE is the most common cause of neonatal seizures and often difficult to control with anticonvulsants.<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973501-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/973501-overview]. Accessed on: 7 January 2011.</ref>
===Possible findings in HIE===
Hemorrhagic lesions:<ref name=pmid20626887 >{{cite journal |author=Riezzo I, Neri M, De Stefano F, ''et al.'' |title=The timing of perinatal hypoxia/ischemia events in term neonates: a retrospective autopsy study. HSPs, ORP-150 and COX2 are reliable markers to classify acute, perinatal events |journal=Diagn Pathol |volume=5 |issue= |pages=49 |year=2010 |pmid=20626887 |pmc=2914029 |doi=10.1186/1746-1596-5-49 |url=}}</ref>
*Germinal matrix & intraventricular hemorrhage.
*Choroid plexus hemorrhage.
*Cerebellar hemorrhage.
*Subpial hemorrhage.
White matter lesions:<ref name=pmid20626887/>
*Periventricular leukomalacia.
*Subcortical leukomalacia.
*Telencephalic (cerebral) leukomalacia.
Grey matter lesions:<ref name=pmid20626887/>
*Pontosubicular necrosis.
*Infarcts of the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus, brain stem.


===Germinal matrix hemorrhage===
===Germinal matrix hemorrhage===
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