Fetal MRI demonstrates glioependymal cyst in a case of sonographic unilateral ventriculomegaly

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-395

  Mühler, Matthias R ^a,c   Hartmann, Christian ^a   Werner, Walter ^b   Meyer, Oliver ^a   Bollmann, Rainer ^a   Klingebiel, Randolf ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Fetus; Glioependymalcyst; MRI; Ultrasonography; Ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROCEPHALY; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYSTS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 33847780696     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0419-z     Document Type: Article

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