Fetal Abnormalities Flashcards
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Acrania
- abnormal migration of mesenchymal tissue
- skull and brain is absent
- elevated alpha feta protein
Acrania coexists with
- spinal defects
- clubfoot
- cleft lip and palate
Acrania sono findings
- lack of hyper bony calvaria
- brain tissue development
0 prominent sulcal markings
agenesis of corpus callosum
- failure of callosal fibers to form a normal connection
- may be partial or complete
- associated with multiple anomalies
agenesis of corpus callosum sono findings
- dilation of third ventricle
- outward angling of the frontal and lateral horns
- dilation of occipital horn
- absent cavum septum pellucidi
arachnoid cyst
- congenital abnormality of the pia-arachnoid layer
- a result of trauma, infarction, or infection
Arachnoid cyst sono findings
- splaying of cerebellum hemisphere
- normal vermis
Arnold Chiari Type II Malformation
displacement of the cerebellar vermis, fourth ventricle, medulla oblongata through foramen magna into the upper cervical canal
Arnold Chiari Type II Malformation sono findings
- compressed shape to the cerebellum (banana shape)
- obliteration of cisterna magna
- lemon shaped cranium
Dandy-walker syndrome
- congenital malformation of the cerebellum with assoc maldevelopment of 4th ventricle
Dandy-walker syndrome sono findings
- enlarged posterior fossa
- splaying of cerebellar hemispheres
- complete or partial agenesis of vermis
- cisterna magna > 1cm
- ventriculomegaly
hydranencephaly
- destruction of cerebral cortex resulting from vascular compromise or congenital infection
- brain tissue is replaced by cerebrospinal fluid
hydraencephaly sono findings
- anechoic brain tissue
- not assoc with other abnormalities
- presence of falx cerebri
- brain stem spared
- choroid plexus may be displayed
- variable presence of third ventricle
hydrocephalus (ventriculomegaly)
- increase in ventricular volume caused by outflow obstruction. decrease in cerebrospinal fluid production or overprotection of CSP
- occipital horm dilates first
hydrocephalus (ventriculomegaly) sono findings
- ventriculomegaly is symmetrical
- mild enlargement
- lateral ventricle measureing 10-15 mm
- severe enlargement
- lateral measuring > 15 mm
- dangling of choroid plexus
- echogenic rim of solid brain tissue
holoprosencephaly
- group of diorders arising from abnormal development of the forebrain
- assoc w/ tris 13
alobar holoprosencephaly
- monoventricular cavity
- most severe form
alobar holoprosencephaly sono findings
- large central single ventricle
- fused thalami
- absence of csp, falx, corpus callosum, and 3rd ventricle
- normal cerebellum
- hypotelerism, cyclopia, and proboscis
semilobar holoprosencephaly
- monoventricular cavity
- milder form
semilobar holoprosencephaly sono findings
- large central single ventricle
- occipital and temporal horns may be present
- variable development of falx
- assoc with cleft lip and palate
lobar holoprosencephaly
- 2 large lateral ventricles
- mildest form
lobar holoprosencephaly sono findings
- 2 large lateral ventricles
- absent csp and cavum callosum
lemon shape
- may be a normal findings
- assoc with spina bifida
lemon shape sono findings
bilateral indentation of frontal bone