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OC14.02: Assessment of the corpus callosum in fetuses with isolated non‐severe ventriculomegaly
Author(s) -
Monterde E.,
Hahner N.M.,
PérezCruz M.,
Masoller N.,
Illa M.,
Puerto B.,
Gratacós E.,
Eixarch E.
Publication year - 2019
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.20512
Subject(s) - ventriculomegaly , medicine , corpus callosum , fetus , sagittal plane , prospective cohort study , biomarker , basal (medicine) , cohort , gestation , singleton , gestational age , obstetrics , pregnancy , pathology , radiology , genetics , biology , biochemistry , chemistry , insulin
Methods A prospective cohort between 2014 and 2019 was analyzed, including 50 singleton pregnancies with isolated non-severe ventriculomegaly (VM) admitted in the Fetal Medicine Center of Barcelona and 50 controls. Cases of congenital or chromosomal abnormalities, perinatal infection and/or intrauterine growth restriction were excluded. CC was assessed in sagittal plane obtained by transvaginal ultrasound at 30 weeks of gestation. Subsequently, the images were processed with a semiautomatic software (Matlab ) obtaining the following variables: length, total area, areas of Witelson’s subdivision.

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