Early prenatal diagnosis of an infratentorial arachnoid cyst: association with an unbalanced translocation.
Arachnoid cysts are an uncommon central nervous system malformation, representing only 1 per cent of all intracranial masses. We report the second-trimester prenatal diagnosis of a posterior fossa arachnoid cyst, associated with an unbalanced X;9 translocation.
Hogge
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Hospital, PA 15213, USA.
Schnatterly
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Ferguson
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D000328:Adult; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000235:genetics; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014178:Translocation, Genetic; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal