Fetuses with ventriculomegaly diagnosed in the second trimester of pregnancy by in utero MR imaging: What happens in the third trimester?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 474-480

  Griffiths, Paul D ^a   Morris, J E ^a   Mason, G ^b   Russell, S A ^c   Paley, M N J ^a   Whitby, E H ^a   Reeves, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952802570     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2307     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Cardoza JD, Goldstein RB, Filly RA. Exclusion of fetal ventriculomegaly with a single measurement: the width of the lateral ventricular atrium. Radiology 1988;169:711-14
2. Almog B, Gamzu R, Achiron R, et al. Fetal lateral ventricular width: what should be the upper limit? A prospective cohort study and reanalysis of the current and previous data. J Ultrasound Med 2003;22:39-43 (Pubitemid 36143108)
3. Griffiths PD, Reeves MJ, Morris JE, et al. A prospective study of fetuses with isolated ventriculomegaly investigated by ante-natal ultrasound and in utero MR. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010;31:106-11
4. Whitby EH, Paley MNJ, Sprigg A, et al. Comparison of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in 100 singleton pregnancies with suspected brain abnormalities. Br J Obs Gynae 2004;111:784-92 (Pubitemid 39061500)
5. Levine D, Barnes PD, Madsen JR, et al. Fetal CNS anomalies: MR imaging augments sonographic diagnosis. Radiology 2004;204:635-42
6. Simon EM, Goldstein EB, Coakley FV, et al. Fast MR imaging of fetal CNS anomalies in utero. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2000;21:1688-98
7. Golja AM, Estroff JA, Robertson RL. Fetal imaging of CNS abnormalities. Neuroimag Clin N Am 2004;14:293-306
8. Launay S, Robert Y, Valat AS, et al. Cerebral fetal MRI and ventriculomegaly [in French]. J Radiol 2002;83(6 pt 1):723-30
9. Melchiorre K, Bhide A, Gika AD, et al. Counseling in isolated mild fetal ventriculomegaly. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2009;34:212-24
10. American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. AUIM practice guideline for the performance of an antepartem obstetric ultrasound examination. J Ultrasound Med 2003;22:1116-25
11. International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology Education Committee. Sonographic examination of the fetal central nervous system: guidelines for performing the 'basic examination' and the 'fetal neurosonogram.' Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2007;29:109-16
12. Gaglioti P, Danelon D, Bontempo S, et al. Fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly: outcome in 176 cases. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2005;25:372-77 (Pubitemid 40547179)
13. Parilla BV, Endres LK, Dinsmoor MJ, et al. In utero progression of mild ventriculomegaly. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2006;93:106-09
14. Kinzler WL, Smulian JC, McLean DA, et al. Outcome of prenatally diagnosed mild unilateral cerebral ventriculomegaly. J Ultrasound Med 2001;20:257-62 (Pubitemid 32185203)
15. Falip C, Blanc N, Maes E, et al. Postnatal clinical imaging follow-up of infants with prenatal isolated mild ventriculomegaly: a series of 101 cases. Pediatr Radiol 2007;37:981-89. Epub 2007 Aug 28 (Pubitemid 47423293)