Prenatal diagnosis by 3D ultrasound and MRI of an unusual malformation of cortical development with brain-in-brain appearance

J Clin Ultrasound. 2009 Jul-Aug;37(6):354-9. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20579.

Abstract

A 31-year-old pregnant woman was referred for isolated mild ventriculomegaly and failure to visualize the left lateral ventricle's anterior horn on second trimester sonography (US). Three-dimensional US suspected a frontal lesion deviating the midline. MRI revealed a mass compressing the ventricle. Follow-up MRI described a "brain-in-brain" malformation: infolded microgyric cortex and white matter in frontal lobe extending to frontal horn and midline, irrorated by hypertophic Heubner artery. Conservative approach was chosen. Neurodevelopment at 1 year is normal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Cortex / abnormalities*
  • Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Cortex / embryology
  • Cesarean Section
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Lateral Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Second
  • Prenatal Diagnosis / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal* / methods