Sonographic Normal Cerebral Ventricle Measurements by Age
| Age | Frontal Horn (mm) | Body (mm) | Third Ventricle
( mm) |
| Premature infant | -- | < 10* | |
| Term infant | -- | 10 - 11* | |
| Newborn | < 3 | -- | < 4 |
*Body --Measured in a transaxial view from its lateral edge to the midline. (This is not truly the width of the lateral ventricle but the distance from the superolateral ventricular wall to the falx).
Source: Goldberg BB, Kurtz AB. Atlas of Ultrasound Measurements. Mosby Year Book: Chicago. 1990. pp. 20-22.