Fetal Abnormalities Flashcards
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
Microcephaly
- overall reduction in brain size
- chromosomal aberration
- intrauterine infection
- difficult to detect before 24 w
microcephaly sono findings
- small bpd and hc
- decrease hc/ ac ratio
- sloping forehead
prosencephaly
result of infarction or hemorrhage of brain
prosencephaly sono findings
- anechoic mass w/in an area of brain tissue
- midline brain shift
strawberry shape
assoc with tris 18
strawberry shape sono findings
flattened occiput dia and narrowing of the frontal portion of the skill
anecephaly
- failure of cephalic end of the neural tube to close completely
- portions of midbrain and brain stem may be present
- most common neural tube defect
- elevated AFP levels
anecephaly is assoc with
malformation of the spine, face, feet, and abd wall
anencephaly sono findings
- absence of cranial vault
- bulging eyes
- brain tissue herniating from defect
- macroglossia
- poly
- increase in fetal activity
caudal regression
- structural abnoramlity of caudal end of the neural tube
- more common in patients with diabetes
caudal regression is assoc with
genitourinary, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular abnormalities
caudal regression sono findings
- absent sacrum
- fused pelvis
- short femurs
encephalocele
- normal afp
- presence of brain in cranial protusion
- more commonly arise in occipital region
encephalocele sono findings
- spherical fluid filled or brain filled sac extending from calvaria
- bony calvarial defect
spina bifida
failure of neural tube to close completely
spina bifida occulta
- defect is covered by normal soft tissue
- normal afp level
- rarely diagnosed with ultrasound
spina bifida aperta
- defect is uncovered
- elevated afp levels
- assoc with cleft lip and palate, cardiac defects, encephalocele, gi anomalies, and clubfoot
Anophthalmia
- lack of fusion of the maxillary prominences with the nasal prominence on one or both sides
- failure of optic vesicle to form
anophthalmia sono findings
absence of globe or often the orbit
Cyclopia
- midline fusion of the orbits
- assoc with holoprosencephaly, tris 13, microcephaly, williams syndrome
cyclopia sono findings
single midline orbit
facial cleft
- defect in upper lip
- most common facial abnormality
facial cleft sono findings
- anechoic defect between the upper lip and nostrils
- poly
- small stomach
hypotelorism
orbits placed closer together than expected
hypotelorism sono findings
abnormal small interocular distance for gestational age
hypertolerism
- orbits placed wider apart than expected
- assoc with tris 18, noonan syndrome, medial cleft syndrome, craniosynostosis and anterior cepohalocele
hypertolerism sono findings
abmormally wide interocular distance for gestational age