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Postmortem image‐guided biopsy for less‐invasive diagnosis of congenital intracranial teratoma
Author(s) -
Papadopoulou I.,
Sebire N. J.,
Shelmerdine S. C.,
Bower S.,
Arthurs O. J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1002/uog.14903
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , teratoma , radiology , biopsy , magnetic resonance imaging , dissection (medical) , ventriculomegaly , pregnancy , fetus , pathology , genetics , biology
In certain cases, postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PM-MRI) can obviate the need for formal autopsy and dissection by providing high-quality imaging which can guide tissue sampling. Percutaneous needle organ biopsy to obtain tissue samples for microscopic examination, as part of the less-invasive perinatal autopsy, has been described previously1 and endoscopicor laparoscopic-guided sampling has also been piloted2. We present a case of congenital malformation in