Hemimegalencephaly misdiagnosed as a congenital brain tumor by fetal cerebral ultrasonography

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 257-259

  Nishimaki, Shigeru ^a   Endo, Masaya ^a   Seki, Kazuo ^a   Yokota, Shumpei ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Fetal cerebral ultrasonography; Hemimegalencephaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL TUMOR; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPLASIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIA; HEMIMEGALENCEPHALY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 1842783959     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.846     Document Type: Article

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