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Subarachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus–a complication of mid‐trimester amniocentesis
Author(s) -
Chong S. K. F.,
Levitt G. A.,
Lawson J.,
Lloyd U.,
Newman C. G. H.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
prenatal diagnosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.956
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1097-0223
pISSN - 0197-3851
DOI - 10.1002/pd.1970090912
Subject(s) - amniocentesis , medicine , complication , hydrocephalus , prenatal diagnosis , cyst , obstetrics , pregnancy , craniosynostosis , fetus , surgery , genetics , biology
We report a child with a subarachnoid cyst with hydrocephalus following a mid‐trimester amniocentesis. Although fetal trauma is a rare complication, it is important to stress the need to perform amniocentesis under ultrasound control. Children with neurological disease or convulsions of unknown origin in early infancy who are born to mothers who have had midtrimester amniocentesis should have a CT scan as part of the investigations to exclude this rare but nevertheless important complication.