MRI analysis of neurodevelopmental anatomy in myelomeningocele: prenatal vs postnatal repair.
A K BruzekGretchen M KollerSasidhar KarupartiK VaragurA DunbarT M FlandersM MingoK SudanaguntaKatherine H BligardAnthony O OdiboJ VrecenakA MianJ M StrahlePublished in: Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (2024)
We report baseline variations in developmental neuroanatomy in patients with MMC including rates of CC dysgenesis, gray matter heterotopia and additional cranial and spinal MRI findings. We found that prenatal surgery results in changes to infratentorial anatomy, with minimal effect on supratentorial brain development. This information will be useful in myelomeningocele counseling and in understanding how prenatal repair of myelomeningocele affects brain development. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keyphrases
- pregnant women
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- white matter
- resting state
- minimally invasive
- diffusion weighted imaging
- spinal cord
- preterm infants
- coronary artery bypass
- computed tomography
- cerebral ischemia
- atrial fibrillation
- congenital heart disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- hiv testing
- blood brain barrier
- antiretroviral therapy