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Diagnostic assessment of foetal brain malformations with intra-uterine MRI versus perinatal post-mortem MRI.


ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate differences in diagnostic yield of intra-uterine foetal (iuMR) and post-mortem MRI (PMMR) for complex brain malformations, using autopsy as the reference standard.

Methods

In this retrospective, multicentre study spanning 2 years, we reviewed 13 terminated singleton pregnancies with a prenatal ultrasound finding of complex foetal cerebral abnormalities, referred for both iuMR and PMMR. The iuMR and PMMR studies of the brain were reported independently by two groups of radiologists, blinded to each other's reports. Descriptive statistics were used to compare differences in intracranial abnormalities with autopsy (and genetic testing, where present) as reference standard.

Results

The median gestational age at termination was 24.6 weeks (IQR 22-29) with median time between delivery and PMMR of 133 h (IQR 101-165). There was full concordance between iuMR and PMMR findings and autopsy in 2/13 (15.3%) cases. Partial concordance between both imaging modalities was present in 6/13 (46.2%) and total discordance in the remainder (5/13, 38.5%). When compared to autopsy, PMMR missed important key findings specifically for neuronal migration and cerebellar anomalies, whereas iuMR appeared to overcall CSF space abnormalities which were less crucial to reaching the final overall diagnosis.

Conclusions

iuMR should be performed to improve foetal phenotyping where there is a prenatal ultrasound for complex foetal brain abnormalities. Reliance on PMMR alone is likely to result in misdiagnosis in a majority of cases.

SUBMITTER: Goergen SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620257 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Diagnostic assessment of foetal brain malformations with intra-uterine MRI versus perinatal post-mortem MRI.

Goergen Stacy K SK   Alibrahim Ekaterina E   Govender Nishentha N   Stanislavsky Alexandra A   Abel Christian C   Prystupa Stacey S   Collett Jacquelene J   Shelmerdine Susan C SC   Arthurs Owen J OJ  

Neuroradiology 20190510 8


<h4>Purpose</h4>To evaluate differences in diagnostic yield of intra-uterine foetal (iuMR) and post-mortem MRI (PMMR) for complex brain malformations, using autopsy as the reference standard.<h4>Methods</h4>In this retrospective, multicentre study spanning 2 years, we reviewed 13 terminated singleton pregnancies with a prenatal ultrasound finding of complex foetal cerebral abnormalities, referred for both iuMR and PMMR. The iuMR and PMMR studies of the brain were reported independently by two gr  ...[more]

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