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Pericentric inversion of chromosome 2 and echogenic vasculature in the basal ganglia: A new finding?
Author(s) -
Pezzati Marco,
Giovannucci Maria Luisa Uzielli,
Filippi Luca,
Dani Carlo,
Rubaltelli Firmino F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20104
Subject(s) - basal ganglia , chromosomal inversion , thalamus , medicine , echogenicity , karyotype , anatomy , basal (medicine) , pathology , chromosome 9 , chromosome , biology , neuroscience , genetics , central nervous system , radiology , ultrasound , gene , insulin
Linear branching echogenicities in the thalamus or basal ganglia have been reported in infants with several genetic and nongenetic disorders. In this article, we report 2 cases of newborns with a neurosonographic diagnosis of thalamic/basal ganglia vasculopathy and karyotype analysis showing pericentric inversion of chromosome 2. To our knowledge, there has been no previous mention of an association between these entities. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 33:146–148, 2005