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Objective To investigate the diagnostic value of prenatal ultrasonography and magnatic resonance imaging in the fetal intracranial hemorrhage. Methods The 20 antenatal diagnosed ICH cases was collected from 31 200 prenatal diagnosis units in Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center from July 2012 to June 2014. Maternal characteristics, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging findings, clinical course, and postnatal outcome were reviewed. Results Twenty consecutive cases of fetal ICH were evaluated. All cases were diagnosed at mid or third trimester. Transabdominal ultrasound showed 9 cases of hyper echoic lesions in the lateral ventricle, 2 cases of hypoechonic lesions, 2 cases of irregular mixed echo in the parenchyma, 1 case of hyperechoic cerebellar hemisphere with infarction, and 1 case of abnormal choroid plexus. Seventeen cases were associated with ventriculomegaly, brain compression or brain midline displacement. MRI showed the nodular, patchy or linear low signal on T2WI and high signal on T1WI. Some cases were combined with cortex lesions or abnormal parenchyma. ICH was complicated with other structural abnormalities:1 case of cleft palate, 2 cases of spinal deformity and 3 cases of other cerebral cortical malformations. Prenatal diagnosis results were:2 cases diagnosed as positive cytomegalovirus infection and no chromosome abnormalities found in all cases. The follow up results were:1 case was lost, 16 cases were terminated after prenatal diagnosis. Among the 3 survival cases, 1 case has the neurological complication and the other two were normal till now. Conclusions Fetal intracranial hemorrhage has some image features on ultrasound and magnetic resonance. Ultrasound showed hyper echoic lesions with ventriculomegaly. MRI showed the nodular, patchy or linear low signal on T2WI and high signal on T1WI. MRI may contribute to the accuracy of diagnosis, particularly in bleeding site. The regular ultrasonic monitoring is helpful to improve the detection rate.
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Purpose The incidence of cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) shows a rising trend in recent years, and misdiagnosis or improper treatment of it can cause serious consequences. In this paper, we analyzed the characteristics of MRI and ultrasonography of CSP to provide a basis for choice of clinical imaging techniques. Materials and Methods Fifty-eight patients with cesarean scar pregnancy were studied retrospectively, all the cases underwent preoperative color Doppler ultrasound (trans-vaginal or together with trans-abdominal), and 31 cases were examined with MRI, the accurate imaging features and diagnosis rate of each was analyzed.Results 48 patients (82.8%) were diagnosed accurately by color Doppler ultrasound, including 20 cases of out-growth type (95.2%, 20/21), 18 cases of inner-growth type (90.0%, 18/20) and 10 cases of mass type (58.8%, 10/17); 27 cases (87.1%) were diagnosed accurately by MRI, including 8 cases of out-growth type (100.0%, 8/8), 4 cases of inner-growth type (66.7%, 4/6), and 15 cases of mass type (88.5%, 15/17).Conclusion The diagnostic accuracy of sonography for CSP is close to that of MRI, thus can act as the first choice; MRI can be chosen for combine examination to improve the accurate diagnostic rate when the CSP case is mass type detected by ultrasonic findings which is difficult to be diagnosed.
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Objective To investigate the feasibility of pulse Doppler combined with electrocardiographic thinking for diagnosis of fetal arrhythmia. Methods Sixty-five fetuses with arrhythmia were examined with prenatal ultrasound. Pulse Doppler spectrum of pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins were ontained and anlyzed with electrocardiographic thinking, and different kinds of fetal arrhythmia were diagnosed and classified. Results Among the 65 fetuses, 12 were found with sinus bradycardia, 8 with sinus tachycardia, 5 with supraventricular tachycardia, 28 with atrial premature beat, 7 with premature ventricular and 5 with atrioventricular block. Conclusion Pulse Doppler combined with electrocardiographic thinking plays an important role in the diagnosis and classification of fetal arrhythmia.