Items for "hydrocephalus"

The midsagittal view of the fetal brain: a useful landmark in recognizing the cause of fetal cerebral ventriculomegaly

Aim: To evaluate the positive predictive value of the midsagittal view of the fetal brain in recognizing the cause of ventriculomegaly diagnosed with traditional axial scan.

Methods: Fifty-eight pregnant women, referred to our Center following a generic diagnosis of ventriculomegaly have been evaluated: 38 had marked and 20 had borderline ventriculomegaly...

Keywords: Chiari II malformation, corpus callosum, Dandy-Walker complex, fetus, hydrocephalus, prenatal diagnosis, ultrasound, ventriculomegaly