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Microdissection of Mouse Brain into Functionally and Anatomically Different Regions
Published on: February 15, 2021
New Insights into the Anterior Complex
Fernando Viñals1, Flavia Correa2, Albert Tubau3
1Centro AGB Ultrasonografía, Clínica Sanatorio Alemán, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile, fvinals@gmail.com.
Objective:
To introduce visualization of the germinal matrix (GM), external angle of the frontal horn, and periventricular white matter while evaluating the anterior complex (AC) during basic ultrasound assessment of the fetal brain.
Case Presentations:
This is a retrospective observational study of healthy women with singleton pregnancies, with no increased risk of fetal central nervous system anomalies, attending routine ultrasound screening at 20-32 weeks' gestation. Seventeen cases are presented in which an abnormal aspect of the GM or external angle of the frontal horn or periventricular white matter on AC evaluation has allowed a prenatal diagnosis of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage, subependymal cysts, connatal cysts, periventricular venous hemorrhagic infarction, and white matter injury.
Conclusion:
An extended AC evaluation could significantly improve the -diagnosis of hemorrhagic/cystic/hypoxic-ischemic lesions during the performance of a basic ultrasound study of the fetal brain.
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