title: Prenatal and postnatal imaging of multiple intracranial lipomas: report of a case.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the antenatal pictures of a fetus with multiple intracranial lipomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 36-year-old primigravida, 33 weeks of gestation, was referred to our ultrasound laboratory due to sonographic suspicion of an intracranial hemorrhage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 2D and 3D ultrasound imaging, three separated round-shaped hyperechoic intracranial masses compatible with multiple lipomas were documented. Absence of corpus callosum was associated. Sonographic findings were confirmed by antenatal and postnatal MRI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Multiple intracranial lipomas in a fetus with absent corpus callosum have been infrequently described. Prognostic implications remain uncertain.
authors.affiliation: S. Orsola-Malpighi Universitary Hospital, Bologna, Italy. michnann@libero.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nanni
authors.forename: F
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authors.lastname: Bellussi
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authors.lastname: Youssef
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arcangeli
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authors.lastname: Maroni
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authors.lastname: De Musso
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authors.lastname: Vasapollo
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authors.lastname: Valensise
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authors.lastname: Manganaro
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authors.lastname: Masini
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authors.lastname: Pilu
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authors.lastname: Rizzo
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal