Prenatal diagnosis of periventricular nodular heterotopia in borderline ventriculomegaly using sonography and magnetic resonance imaging |
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| Authors: | Zeki Sahinoglu MD Ozlem Yapicier MD Nahit Ozcan MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Perinatology, Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anadolu Medical Center in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey;2. Department of Pathology, Acibadem University, Istanbul, Turkey;3. Department of Radiology, Sonomed Imaging Center, Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Periventricular nodular heterotopia (PNH) is usually missed on prenatal sonographic examinations, even on targeted scans. Irregular ventricular walls on axial view and irregular square‐shaped lateral ventricles on coronal view are suggestive of PNH in the early third trimester. To achieve an early prenatal diagnosis, it is important to keep in mind the possible coexistence of PNH with brain malformations such as ventriculomegaly, posterior fossa anomalies, or agenesis of corpus callosum. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 44 :510–513, 2016 |
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| Keywords: | obstetrics brain ventriculomegaly periventricular nodular heterotopia |
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