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A case of prenatally diagnosed fetal neurenteric cyst
Author(s) -
Uludağ S.,
Madazli R.,
Erdoğan E.,
Dervişoğlu S.,
Çelik E.,
Ocak V.
Publication year - 2001
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 - 10.1046/j.0960-7692.2001.00506.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasound , fetus , cyst , prenatal ultrasound , gestation , obstetrics , prenatal diagnosis , arachnoid cyst , obstetrics and gynaecology , pregnancy , anatomy , radiology , biology , genetics
The combination of a thoracic cystic mass with vertebral anomalies on prenatal ultrasound suggests a neurenteric cyst. The outcome of such cysts mostly depends on the extent of the displacement and functional impairment of the adjacent organs and of the associated central nervous system defects. We present a case of a neurenteric cyst diagnosed on prenatal ultrasound at 34 weeks of gestation which was treated successfully in the early neonatal period. Copyright © 2001 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology