Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of duplicated middle cerebral artery.
We report a fetus scanned by color Doppler ultrasound at 37 weeks for suspicion of growth restriction with an extremely rare variation of duplicated middle cerebral artery. Three-dimensional color power Doppler and tomographic ultrasound imaging enhanced our incidental finding.
Ventura
Walter
W
Fetal Medicine Unit, Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal, Lima, Peru. walterichard@hotmail.com
Nazario
Conny
C
Ingar
Jaime
J
Huertas
Erasmo
E
Limay
Antonio
A
Castillo
Walter
W
D000328:Adult; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D054022:Cerebrum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002941:Circle of Willis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal