OBJECTIVES: To report the antenatal pictures of a fetus with multiple intracranial lipomas. METHODS: A 36-year-old primigravida, 33 weeks of gestation, was referred to our ultrasound laboratory due to sonographic suspicion of an intracranial hemorrhage. RESULTS: At 2D and 3D ultrasound imaging, three separated round-shaped hyperechoic intracranial masses compatible with multiple lipomas were documented. Absence of corpus callosum was associated. Sonographic findings were confirmed by antenatal and postnatal MRI. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple intracranial lipomas in a fetus with absent corpus callosum have been infrequently described. Prognostic implications remain uncertain.
Nanni, M., Bellussi, F., Youssef, A.M.A.K.A., Arcangeli, T., Maroni, E., DE MUSSO, F., et al. (2011). Prenatal and postnatal imaging of multiple intracranial lipomas: report of a case. FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY, 30, 160-162 [10.1159/000329561].
Prenatal and postnatal imaging of multiple intracranial lipomas: report of a case.
M. Nanni;F. Bellussi;A. Youssef;T. Arcangeli;E. Maroni;F. De Musso;L. Masini;G. Pilu;N. Rizzo;T. Ghi
2011
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To report the antenatal pictures of a fetus with multiple intracranial lipomas. METHODS: A 36-year-old primigravida, 33 weeks of gestation, was referred to our ultrasound laboratory due to sonographic suspicion of an intracranial hemorrhage. RESULTS: At 2D and 3D ultrasound imaging, three separated round-shaped hyperechoic intracranial masses compatible with multiple lipomas were documented. Absence of corpus callosum was associated. Sonographic findings were confirmed by antenatal and postnatal MRI. CONCLUSIONS: Multiple intracranial lipomas in a fetus with absent corpus callosum have been infrequently described. Prognostic implications remain uncertain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
