title: Association of sex of the fetus in isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts.
abstract: We sought to determine if an association exists between sex of the fetus and the finding of isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts. Of 131 fetuses, 62 were male (47.3%) and 69 were female (52.7%). No statistically significant differences were found in the maternal demographic parameters studied (age, race, gravidity, parity, sonogram timing) or descriptive cyst information obtained (location, number, dimensions, resolution), although bilaterality was more common in male fetuses. The determination that isolated choroid plexus cysts are seen equally frequently in male and female fetuses adds to basic information about such a common sonographic finding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Landy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bannon
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zalud
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Collea
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bartholomew
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Eglinton
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002831:Choroid Plexus; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal