title: Fetal ventriculomegalies during pregnancy course, outcome, and psychomotor development of born children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objectives of this study were as follows: to present the course and outcome of pregnancies complicated with fetal ventriculomegaly, determine the association between prenatal ultrasound diagnoses and definitive postnatal diagnosis or diagnoses after autopsy and additional analysis, and to monitor the psychomotor development of children born with ventriculomegaly.
  
  
  METHODS
  The survey was designed as retrospective study and included 62 pregnant women who were attending a regular ultrasound examinations at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center of Serbia, or patients who were referred from other institutions in Serbia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ventriculomegalies were divided into three groups: mild, moderate, and severe or hydrocephalus. The most common were severe ventriculomegalies, with 34 cases (55%). Of all pregnancies complicated with ventriculomegalies, 61% were terminated. Among those continued, 88% had normal psychomotor development. In 97% ultrasonographic diagnosis was confirmed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Majority of pregnancies complicated with ventriculomegaly were continued and most of the children born with anomalies had normal psychomotor development.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dukanac Stamenkovic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steric
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Srbinovic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Janjic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vrzic Petronijevic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petronijevic
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cetkovic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*