Fate of 6 fetuses with ventriculo-megaly or potential ventriculo-megaly followed up post-natally.
Six fetuses were studied--3 with ventriculo-megaly and normal head circumferences, 2 with ventriculo-megaly and enlarged head circumferences, and 1 with a Dandy-Walker complex and normal lateral and third ventricles. Post-natally it was found that fetal ventriculo-megaly was not associated with raised intracranial pressure at least in the first few months of life unless the head size was enlarged. The baby with the Dandy-Walker complex developed ventriculo-megaly and raised intracranial pressure several months after birth following progressive enlargement of the posterior fossa extra-axial cyst.
Bannister
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Department of Neurosurgery, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003616:Dandy-Walker Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal