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.
Prenatal and postnatal imaging of multiple intracranial lipomas: report of a case / Nanni, Michela; Bellussi, Federica; Youssef, ALY MOHAMED ALAAELDIN KAMALELDIN ALY; Arcangeli, Tiziana; Maroni, Elisa; DE MUSSO, Francesca; Vasapollo, B.; Valensise, H.; Manganaro, L.; Masini, Luana; Pilu, Gianluigi; Rizzo, Nicola; Ghi, Tullio. - In: FETAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY. - ISSN 1015-3837. - ELETTRONICO. - 30:(2011), pp. 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.
