Prenatal Evaluation of Intracranial Hemorrhage on Fetal MRI: A Retrospective Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The evaluation and characterization of germinal matrix hemorrhages have been predominantly described on postnatal head sonography in premature neonates. However, germinal matrix hemorrhages that are seen in premature neonates can be also seen in fetuses of the same postconceptual age and are now more frequently encountered in the era of fetal MR imaging. Our aim was to examine and describe the MR imaging findings of fetuses with intracranial hemorrhage.

Materials and methods

A retrospective review of diagnostic-quality fetal MRIs showing intracranial hemorrhage from January 2004 to May 2020 was performed. Images were reviewed by 2 radiologists, and imaging characteristics of fetal intracranial hemorrhages were documented. Corresponding postnatal imagin

SUBMITTER: Epstein KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8805753 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature