Prenatal ultrasound identi®ed Dandy±Walker malformation (DWM) in ten singleton pregnancies with concurrent central nervous system (CNS) anomalies and extra-CNS anomalies in eight cases. DWM was con®rmed by postnatal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or pathological examination in nine cases. Karyotyp
Fetal brain death and Dandy–Walker malformation
✍ Scribed by Yasuo Otsubo; Yoshio Yoneyama; Rintaro Sawa; Shunji Suzuki; Tsutomu Araki
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-3851
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✦ Synopsis
The diagnosis of brain death by Doppler ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging is reported in a fetus at 23 weeks' gestation. This is believed to be the first instance in which brain death has been shown in a premature fetus with a brain-stem anomaly.
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