Prenatal and postnatal follow-up of a fetal interhemispheric arachnoid cyst with partial corpus callosum agenesis, asymmetric ventriculomegaly and localized polymicrogyria: Case report

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-388

  Fuchs, F ^a   Moutard, M L ^b   Blin, G ^a   Sonigo, P ^c   Mandelbrot, L ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^b ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Fetal interhemispheric arachnoid cyst; Partial corpus callosum agenesis; Polymicrogyria; Prenatal diagnosis; Unilateral ventriculomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; ASSYMETRIC VENTRICULOMEGALY; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FETAL INTERHEMISPHERIC ARACHNOID CYST; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGYRIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; SHUNTING;

ACROCALLOSAL SYNDROME; ARACHNOID CYSTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849440037     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000165511     Document Type: Article

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