title: Early second-trimester diagnosis of body stalk anomaly by fetal magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: We report a case of body stalk anomaly detected prenatally by fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 14 weeks' gestation. A 29-year-old woman was followed during her first pregnancy. At 11-12 weeks' gestation, our sonographic images showed multiple fetal deformities. An abdominal wall defect was suspected. The exteriorized abdominal contents and the lower limb appeared within the extraembryonic celom with an intact amniotic membrane. Fetal MRI at 14 weeks' gestation confirmed a large anterior wall defect with herniation of the liver and bowel. In addition, abnormally rotated lower limb and scoliosis could be demonstrated. The fetus was prenatally diagnosed with body stalk anomaly, expected to be lethal in nature. The parents decided to terminate the pregnancy at 15 weeks' gestation. Prenatal diagnosis of body stalk anomaly is usually based on sonographic findings. As far as we are aware, this is the first case report of body stalk anomaly satisfactorily diagnosed by fetal MRI in the early second trimester. Fetal MRI scans should provide ground for a precise antenatal diagnosis of body stalk anomaly from early gestation.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kawasaki Municipal Hospital, 12-1 Shinkawadori, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 210-0013, Japan. t_higuchi_1976@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Higuchi
authors: Hiroaki
authors: H
authors: Sato
authors: Miho
authors: M
authors: Iida
authors: Seon Hye
authors: SH
authors: Kim
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Narimatsu
authors: Mamoru
authors: M
authors: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods
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