“…From the published literature, it would appear that MRI may provide additional diagnostic information to that given by ultrasound in 25% to 55% of cases, which *Correspondence to: Ramesha Papanna, Texas Children's Fetal Center, MC2-2521, 6621 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. E-mail: rpapanna@gmail.com in turn would impact parental counseling and/or management of affected pregnancies (Levine et al, 1997;Wagenvoort et al, 2000;Breysem et al, 2003;Matsuoka et al, 2003;Blaicher et al, 2004;Frates et al, 2004;Whitby et al, 2004;Salomon et al, 2006;Wang et al, 2006). MRI seems most consistently useful in characterizing fetal anomalies involving the central nervous system (Levine et al, 1997;Wagenvoort et al, 2000;Breysem et al, 2003;Wang et al, 2006).…”