57 premature and full-term newborn infants suffering from a perinatal asphyxia were neurologically and computertomographically examined during their first two weeks of life. No pathognomonical morphological patterns were found comparing the neurological syndromes with the computertomographic results. However, characteristical morphologic findings were obtained related to gestational age and typical neurological syndromes of the newborn period. The cranial computerized tomography permits in many cases a localized topical diagnosis and early prognosis. These morphological findings can have therapeutical consequences.
