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Echogenicity of the fetal telencephalic choroid plexus as a second trimester developmental landmark: A preliminary report
Author(s) -
Ali Qurashi M.,
AlShafei Kawther T. M.,
Ali Tahir O.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980080105
Subject(s) - echogenicity , choroid plexus , medicine , fetus , plexus , anatomy , ultrasound , second trimester , pregnancy , radiology , central nervous system , biology , genetics
Echogenicity of the normal fetal telencephalic choroid plexus was characterized anatomically in 102 consecutive antenatal abdominal ultrasonographic examinations. Echogenicity of the plexus was observed only during the second trimester, first appearing at week 13 and disappearing after week 23. We suggest that this echogenicity may be due to different stages of glycogen chemistry in the plexus. The knowledge that telencephalic echogenicity is confined to the second trimester should help detect diseases that cause focal areas of echogenicity in fetal life. © 1995 WiIey‐Liss, Inc.