Prenatal diagnosis of fetal intracranial calcifications.
A case is presented wherein fetal intracranial calcifications as a result of intrauterine cytomegalovirus infection were visualized by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging at 36 weeks' gestation. Diagnosis of in utero cytomegalovirus infection was made by isolation of the virus from amniotic fluid. No symptomatic abnormality has been noted in the neonatal period except periventricular calcifications.
Koga
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Division of Obstetrics, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Mizumoto
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M
Matsumoto
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Y
Hattori
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T
Tanaka
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S
Tanaka
T
T
Fujimoto
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S
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed