Neurocutaneous Melanosis Associated with Prenatally Diagnosed Arachnoid Cyst
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Case Report: Infant with prenatally diagnosed arachnoid cyst
Case This patient’s central nervous system abnormality was first suspected during a routine prenatal ultrasound at 29 weeks gestation. It was discovered that the patient had ventriculomegaly and a pineal region cyst (Figure 1a). A fetal MRI was performed at 31 weeks gestation (Figure 2). This showed a 3x3x3 cm unilocular cyst in the quadrigeminal plate cistern causing obstructive hydrocephalus....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0172-4614,1438-8782
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-117156