Fetal subependymal cysts with normal neonatal outcome. A case report.
The authors report the prenatal sonographic diagnosis of subependymal cysts, confirmed by in utero MRI, in an apparently uneventful pregnancy. The sonographic appearance of the lesions, the obstetric management and the postnatal follow-up to one year are described. Special attention is paid to prenatal factors of neurological morbidity, rather than intrapartum and postnatal, thus emphasizing the importance of early and sequential evaluation of the developing fetal brain. Diagnosis, clinical significance and outcome of prenatal subependymal cysts are necessary for parental counselling and obstetric management. Furthermore, the detection of a prenatal brain injury may have remarkable medico-legal implications.
D'Addario
Vincenzo
V
4th Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical School of Bari, Bari, Italy. v.daddario@gynecology4.uniba.it
Selvaggio
Saverio
S
Pinto
Vincenzo
V
Resta
Maurizio
M
Di Cagno
Luca
L
Famà
Antonio
A
D000328:Adult; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004805:Ependyma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal