Acceleration and plateau: two patterns and outcomes of isolated severe fetal cerebral ventricular dilation.
Christina J GeRosa M PolanKristin W BarananoIrina BurdAhmet Alexander BaschatKarin J BlakemoreEdward S AhnEric B JelinAngie C JelinPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2019)
This study characterizes ISVM into two distinct populations based upon the rate of ventricle expansion, differentiated by the need for postnatal shunting. Once a ventricular growth pattern is determined, these distinctions should prove useful in prenatal management and delivery planning.