Three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging after ultrasonography for assessment of fetal gastroschisis.
A 24-year-old woman (Gravida I, Para I) at estimated 32 weeks of pregnancy was referred to our department for evaluation of a suspected fetal gastroschisis. Ultrasound scan revealed multiple loops of dilated bowel outside the fetal abdomen and absence of membrane surrounding the herniated loops of the intestines. Three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance imaging was performed to obtain more information on the bowel both outside and inside the abdomen. Images were constructed with T1-weighted fat-suppressed 3D fast low-angle shot sequences using a maximum intensity projection algorithm. The 3D images made possible the realization of fetal bowel conditions with greater definition and accuracy.
Sasaki
Yoshihito
Y
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. chitto@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
Miyamoto
Toshinobu
T
Hidaka
Yasuhiro
Y
Satoh
Hisashi
H
Takuma
Naoyuki
N
Sengoku
Kazuo
K
Sugimori
Hiroyuki
H
Inaoka
Tsutomu
T
Aburano
Tamio
T
D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020139:Gastroschisis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal