Prenatal sonographic appearance of hemorrhagic cerebellar infarction.
To date, the prenatal diagnosis of cerebellar hemorrhage has been limited to isolated case reports, which have demonstrated either a hyperechoic cerebellar hemisphere or a hyperechoic mass within the cerebellum in near-term fetuses. We demonstrate the ultrasonographic findings of intracerebellar hemorrhagic infarction in a fetus at approximately 21 weeks' gestation. In contrast to previous case reports, the hemorrhagic infarcts seen in our case were hypoechoic.
Ranzini
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Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick 08903-0591, USA.
Shen-Schwarz
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Guzman
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Fisher
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White
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Vintzileos
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D000328:Adult; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal