Multicystic encephalomalacia after first-trimester intrauterine fetal death in monochorionic twins.
Multicystic encephalomalacia occurs in approximately 20% of surviving cotwins after second- and third-trimester intrauterine fetal death of one twin in monochorionic pregnancies. We report a case of multicystic encephalomalacia after the demise of a cotwin in the first trimester diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and confirmed pathologically.
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. jlweiss@sbcglobal.net
Joshua L
JL
Weiss
Jane
J
Cleary-Goldman
Kurenai
K
Tanji
Nancy
N
Budorick
Mary E
ME
D'alton
D000328:Adult; D002823:Chorion / Q000002:abnormalities; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D004678:Encephalomalacia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First