Columns of the fornix, not to be mistaken for the cavum septi pellucidi on prenatal sonography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-31

  Callen, Peter W ^a,c   Callen, Andrew L ^a   Glenn, Orit A ^a   Toi, Ants ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavum septi pellucidi; Corpus callosum; Fetal brain; Fornix

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUALIZATION;

CAVUM SEPTI PELLUCIDI; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FETAL BRAIN;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; FOREBRAIN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 38349154388     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2008.27.1.25     Document Type: Article

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