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The dynamic fetal brain
Author(s) -
Towner Dena,
McGahan John,
RheeMorris Laila,
Gerscovich Eugenio
Publication year - 2007
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.20320
Subject(s) - medicine , porencephaly , fetus , fetal head , hydrocephalus , intraventricular hemorrhage , hydranencephaly , pregnancy , echoencephalography , cerebral ventricle , radiology , intracranial pressure , gestational age , pathology , anatomy , biology , genetics
Purpose. To evaluate fetuses with normal intracranial anatomy in the second trimester that became abnormal in the third trimester. Methods. We sonographically examined 6 fetuses with a normal second‐trimester head sonogram that presented later in pregnancy with an abnormal head sonogram. Results. Four categories of intracranial pathology were depicted: obstructive hydrocephalus, intraventricular intracranial hemorrhage, non‐intraventricular intracranial hemorrhage, and porencephaly. Conclusions. Despite a normal midtrimester intracranial examination, evaluation of the fetal intracranial contents should be undertaken in subsequent sonographic examinations, because significant pathology can develop spontaneously. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2007