A 31-year-old pregnant woman was referred for isolated mild ventriculomegaly and failure to visualize the left lateral ventricle's anterior horn on second trimester sonography (US). Three-dimensional US suspected a frontal lesion deviating the midline. MRI revealed a mass compressing the ventricle. Follow-up MRI described a "brain-in-brain" malformation: infolded microgyric cortex and white matter in frontal lobe extending to frontal horn and midline, irrorated by hypertophic Heubner artery. Conservative approach was chosen. Neurodevelopment at 1 year is normal.
Prenatal diagnosis by 3D ultrasound and MRI of an unusual malformation of cortical development with brain-in-brain appearance / Valsecchi, L; Cavoretto, P; Di Piazza, L; Smid, M; Pontesilli, S; Scotti, R; Spagnolo, D; Baldoli, C.. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND. - ISSN 0091-2751. - 37:(2009), pp. 354-359. [10.1002/jcu.20579]
Prenatal diagnosis by 3D ultrasound and MRI of an unusual malformation of cortical development with brain-in-brain appearance
Cavoretto P;
2009-01-01
Abstract
A 31-year-old pregnant woman was referred for isolated mild ventriculomegaly and failure to visualize the left lateral ventricle's anterior horn on second trimester sonography (US). Three-dimensional US suspected a frontal lesion deviating the midline. MRI revealed a mass compressing the ventricle. Follow-up MRI described a "brain-in-brain" malformation: infolded microgyric cortex and white matter in frontal lobe extending to frontal horn and midline, irrorated by hypertophic Heubner artery. Conservative approach was chosen. Neurodevelopment at 1 year is normal.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
