title: Prenatal evaluation of atelencephaly.
abstract: Atelencephaly is a rare lethal congenital brain malformation characterized by underdevelopment of the prosencephalon and is often accompanied by the facial features seen in some cases of holoprosencephaly, such as cyclopia. We report a case of atelencephaly in the fetus with characteristic ultrasound findings. In addition, we report the findings on fetal MRI, which have not been previously described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. usha.nagaraj@cchmc.org.|University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. usha.nagaraj@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Usha D
authors.initials: UD
authors.lastname: Nagaraj
authors.affiliation: Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.|The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: L Gilbert
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Vezina
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.|The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Dorothy I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Bulas
authors.affiliation: Division of Fetal and Transitional Medicine, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.|The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Adre J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: duPlessis
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004453:Echoencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Atelencephaly; Brain; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prosencephalon; Ultrasound