title: Currarino triad: concurrent US and MRI diagnosis in the fetus and the mother.
abstract: We report an unusual case of the complete Currarino triad diagnosed in a fetus at 21 weeks' gestation by means of prenatal ultrasonography (US). The highly suspicious findings in the fetus were accompanied by analogous US findings in the mother who suffered from mild symptoms of up to that time unrecognized Currarino triad. Consecutively, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the findings simultaneously in the fetus and in her mother. This is the first report describing the prenatal diagnosis of Currarino triad without the background of positive family history. To our knowledge, the prenatal MRI findings of Currarino triad have not yet been published.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Charles University Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eliás
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zizka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balícek
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009035:Mothers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012007:Rectum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal