2019
DOI: 10.1002/uog.20269
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Indications for MRI in fetal isolated mild ventriculomegaly… ‘And then, there were none

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“…Inappropriate referrals have resulted in both a falsely high rate of clinically relevant malformations being detected only by MRI (and published as such) and an exponential rise in fetal brain MRI requests for questionable sonographic findings. In fact, when the results of these publications are analyzed carefully, the clinical usefulness of MRI in fetuses with suspicion of a CNS anomaly is much lower 40,41 . Furthermore, the issue of high rates of false‐positive MRI findings has been raised recently 42 .…”
Section: Indications For Fetal Brain Mrimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Inappropriate referrals have resulted in both a falsely high rate of clinically relevant malformations being detected only by MRI (and published as such) and an exponential rise in fetal brain MRI requests for questionable sonographic findings. In fact, when the results of these publications are analyzed carefully, the clinical usefulness of MRI in fetuses with suspicion of a CNS anomaly is much lower 40,41 . Furthermore, the issue of high rates of false‐positive MRI findings has been raised recently 42 .…”
Section: Indications For Fetal Brain Mrimentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although the results of this study are encouraging, we believe that there are some important factors that need to be discussed and highlighted.The number of false‐negative cases identified by fetal neurosonography can be minimized. Performing the examination using the transvaginal approach can reduce their number considerably 14 . In the current study 15 , six of the 30 cases diagnosed only by MRI were in breech presentation (pers.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 62%
“…The results of recent a meta‐analysis showed that, in fetuses with isolated mild‐to‐moderate ventriculomegaly, MRI detected an anomaly that was not identified by US in 10% of cases; when the analysis was stratified according to the type of US assessment, the rate of associated anomalies detected only by MRI ranged considerably, from 16.8% when compared with routine CNS assessment (axial planes only) to as low as 5% when compared with dedicated neurosonography 13 . Furthermore, Paladini and colleagues 14 then performed a detailed subanalysis of this study and found that MRI provided additional information in only 1.6% of cases when a transvaginal neurosonographic examination had been performed.…”
Section: Figurementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fetal ventriculomegaly (VM) affects less than 1% of pregnancies. 1,2 It is a dilation of the fetal cerebral ventricles and is defined as a lateral ventricle measuring 10 mm in the transverse plane at the level of the occipital groove. 3 It is categorized as mild (10-12 mm), moderate (13-15 mm), or severe (>15 mm).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…3 Up to 50% of cases of the isolated fetal VM on ultrasound in utero are found to have concomitant structural abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or postnatal imaging. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] However, even in the setting of true isolated VM, up to 5% are associated with chromosomal aneuploidy (most commonly trisomy 21), 3,9 10 to 15% with other genetic abnormalities, 3,[9][10][11] and 5% congenital fetal infections (such as zika, cytomegalovirus, and toxoplasmosis). 3,12,13 Isolated VM has also been shown in multiple studies to be associated with neurodevelopmental abnormalities in childhood.…”
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confidence: 99%