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P11.09: Antenatal diagnosis of limb‐body wall complex with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging—case report
Author(s) -
Lopes L.,
Sá R. A. M.,
Costa I.B.,
Almeida T.,
Pereira J. P.,
Werner H.
Publication year - 2004
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.1536
Subject(s) - medicine , fetus , abdomen , abdominal wall , magnetic resonance imaging , prenatal diagnosis , anatomy , ultrasound , neural tube , thorax (insect anatomy) , lesion , radiology , pregnancy , pathology , genetics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , embryo
Lissencephaly is a rare disorder that is characterized by the disorganized and unlayered cortex. The cause of this disorder is related to chromosomal abnormalities and infection. The pathogenesis of lissencephaly is faulty migration of neuroblast. Lissencephaly is associated with Dandy-Walker syndrome and Miller-Dieker syndrome. A woman at 35 weeks of gestation was transferred to our hospital due to structural abnormality of fetal brain. Fetal brain showed ventricular dilation and decreased sulci in cerebral cortex on prenatal ultrasound examination and we diagnosed this case as lissencephaly. The baby was spontaneously delivered at 37 weeks 3 days of gestation and lissencephaly was confirmed by postnatal magnetic resonance imaging.