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MR imaging findings in fetal goiter caused by maternal graves disease
Nevzat Karabulut1, Diego R Martin, Ming Yang
1Department of Radiology, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505, USA.
Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
|September 10, 2002
Abstract:
Antenatal diagnosis of fetal goiter should be appropriately managed to avoid perinatal complications. Here, we present the MR imaging features of a fetal goiter caused by maternal Graves disease. Diffusely enlarged fetal thyroid gland was seen showing homogeneously elevated signal on T1-weighted images and intermediate signal on T2-weighted images. To our knowledge, this is the first MR imaging documentation of fetal goiter.